The Floating Dreams no.1 (浮生若夢之一). Cheuk Ka-wai (桌家慧). Ink and color on silk. 2016.Cheuk Ka-wai, als
The Floating Dreams no.1 (浮生若夢之一). Cheuk Ka-wai (桌家慧). Ink and color on silk. 2016.Cheuk Ka-wai, also known as Cherie, is an artist from Hong Kong. She received both Bachelor and Master of Fine Arts degrees from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her artwork is primarily in the Gongbi (工笔画) style, a realistic, meticulous form of Chinese painting, as opposed to the more freely expressive Xieyi style (写意画).The Floating Dreams series is inspired by a poem by Li Bai that highlights the fleeting nature of life, comparing Heaven and Earth to a guest house, time to a traveller among hundreds of generations, and life to a dream. Follow sinθ magazine for more daily posts about Sino arts and culture. -- source link
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