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Guge Kingdom, Tibet Acrylic & Oil on Canvas 38” x 50”<br />
TERRY WANG<br />
Terry Wang’s soulful explorations of the world enchant<br />
viewers with beautiful paintings of far off places.<br />
Mountain vistas, exotic deities, and colorful portraits form<br />
the body of work of an artist who lives fully in the moment.<br />
The portraiture exposes an impeccable rendering of form<br />
while the studies of the natural world display a playful,<br />
animated relationship with the Earth. Many of Wang’s<br />
works are akin to anthropology in their dedicated focus on<br />
local religious iconography and other cultural pathways.<br />
Wang’s portraits of the local Tibetans are intriguing for<br />
many reasons, one being the beautifully rendered garments<br />
created with brilliant hues and patterns, and another the<br />
way he sensitively captures a person’s spirit through<br />
facial expression and deep, soulful eyes. His landscapes<br />
display a fauvist sensibility for color; there are no grey or<br />
black shadows for the reason that in deep recesses, Wang<br />
sees brilliant hues of teal, violet and jade. Earth and sky<br />
converge with rich ochre and burnt sienna under a setting<br />
sun exploding across the heavens with crimson and teal.<br />
Working with acrylic or oil on canvas, Wang orchestrates an<br />
experience unlike any other, exuberant and lighthearted yet<br />
also ancient and soulful. Born in Taiwan, Wang learned to<br />
paint from the Chinese Painting Club during his university<br />
years. But it is travel that has left its mark upon his creative<br />
mind more than anything else. In 2001, he embarked on<br />
a 12,000-mile pilgrimage throughout the Tibetan plateau.<br />
He stepped along ancient paths, breathed the open air and<br />
painted the rugged landscape and local people. “I hope my<br />
paintings are magnetic enough to accompany you, prompt<br />
your soul to soar, and make it vibrate,” Wang explains. Now<br />
that Tibet is completely closed off to outsiders, this artistic<br />
sojourn through Tibet became a highly unusual experience<br />
in the contemporary art world, one being collected in a book<br />
and slated for publishing in Japanese, English and French.<br />
Wang lives and works in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.<br />
Golden Castle Acrylic & Oil on Canvas 35” x 46”<br />
Website: www.Art-Mine.com/ArtistPage/Terry_Wang.aspx<br />
Terry at Work<br />
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