Traces of Spring
春天的痕迹
24.0x36.0 inch Oil on linen | 2025
This work, "Traces of Spring," is an abstract oil painting that takes "a castle in the midst of spring" as its theme, aiming to construct a visual dialogue between historical ruins and nature's revival. Rather than replicating the castle's form, the painting conveys the poetic moment of ancient stone walls being gently tinted by new greenery in the spring breeze through the recombination of color, texture, and structure.
In this piece, I deconstruct the castle into geometric planes and vertical lines, symbolizing the solemn framework it has endured over the years. Meanwhile, spring hues such as tender greens, soft yellows, light pinks, and gray-blues intertwine and permeate these rigid structures like vines, creating a visual tension of strength and gentleness. Layers of paint are applied thickly in some areas, using a palette knife to build up a rough stone texture, while other areas use thin washes to mimic the delicate traces left by falling petals or spreading moss.
This artwork ultimately aims to convey a gentle resistance: even as time erodes all things, spring will still arrive on schedule, quietly blossoming amidst the ruins.
这幅名为《春的痕迹》的抽象油画以“春日中的城堡”为主题,旨在构建历史遗迹与自然复苏之间的视觉对话。作品并未直接复制城堡的形态,而是通过色彩、纹理和结构的重新组合,传达了古石墙在春风中逐渐被新绿意染的诗意瞬间。
在这幅作品中,我将城堡解构为几何平面和垂直线条,象征着它多年来所经历的庄严框架。同时,嫩绿、柔和的黄色、淡粉色和灰蓝色等春日色调交织在一起,像藤蔓一样渗透到这些僵硬的建筑中,创造出一种力量与柔和并存的视觉张力。在某些区域,我使用调色刀厚厚地涂抹颜料,营造出粗糙的石头质感,而在其他区域,则使用薄薄的涂层来模仿花瓣飘落或苔藓蔓延留下的细腻痕迹。
这件艺术作品最终旨在传达一种温柔的抵抗:即使时间侵蚀万物,春天仍会如期而至,在废墟中悄然绽放。