Admiring the Beauty of Nature

Text and images by Chen Chi-Hsiang. Abstract master Kandinsky said, "When human culture development produces a crisis, one must return to nature and relearn from it." Painter Chen Sheng-Sung said, "Because nature is generous and magnanimous, there is no need for personal prejudice or bias in facing it; the more humble one is, and the more attentively one listens to its messages, the more inspiration one receives. Thus, art is no longer a question of abstraction versus figuration, nor of avant-garde versus conservative. Instead, what remains constant in nature arouses more curiosity and challenge in him. Nature's influence on him is not only at the artistic level but also in his attitude toward life; nature is my teacher." (Note - Quote from Chen Sheng-Sung's article - from Nan Hong German Home Brand 2016 Calendar)