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       Coral Hou was born in 1962 in Beijing, China. Her father Hou Yi Min and Mother Deng Shu are both internationally renowned artist and professor from Central Art Academy in China. Influenced by her parents, Coral has shown a strong talent and interest in painting from childhood. In 1979, Coral Hou was admitted by the Fine Art Department of the PLA Academy of Art in Beijing.  She graduated with BFA degree in 1983. Coral Hou’s art works have been selected by many national and regional art exhibitions and won several rewards. Her two oil paintings were permanently collected by China National Art Museum. Coral Hou has explored an assortment of suitable materials and elegant features to establish her own artistic style.

        In 1995, Coral Hou came to New York City where she spent two years to discover the center of world arts. During her time in New York City, she frequently visited museums and galleries, participated in art and design events, and conversed with local artists. Her two-year study in New York City was fruitful, not only because she produced lots of new paintings, but also absorbed new concepts and ideas.

      In 1997 she has moved to Orlando, Florida where she currently resides. Moving significantly impacted Coral’s painting style, especially by profound studies of both east and west culture.  After 2004, Coral Hou positioned a main focus on abstract paintings rather than the realistic style from her earlier days.  Since then, Coral has started her new journey within a majestic abstract world.

 

Artist  Statement

       I’m subconsciously selecting Chinese traditional rice paper and ink as my main medium is because they convey a specific rhythm that we can only feel from the Oriental spirit. The interweaving of water and ink created a strong reaction of interchange that, indeed, mingles a splendid energy and rhythmical beauty. I love the naturally fabricated textures that always reveal the essential forms of our life and the ultimate spirituality of our universe.  I always seek for a fusion of tradition and non-tradition, Oriental and Occidental ideology and methodology.  Perfect combination of conventional eastern ink with contemporary western water-based colors can certainly produce new visual effects: overlapping layers of textures and coats of colors depict maximum expressions; intentional and accidental procedures bring spaces of virtual fantasy.

        I feel that abstract painting is like a spontaneous performance in that you can’t find a certain pattern to follow. When I’m painting, my unrestrained passion always leads me to a brand new unknown world. Sometimes I discovered new thoughts and opportunities by my accidental force or even mistakes during painting.

        Establishing new visual pleasures on new techniques of painting is a never ending exploration. Such a voyage must take off with the artist’s eternal enthusiastic intuition.  However, visual language links a common sentiment between artist and viewer, which is the fundamental and final purpose of painting.  

 

画家简介

         1962年侯珊瑚出生于北京, 父亲侯一民和母亲邓澍都是中央美术学院教授和著名画家, 受家庭环境的熏陶, 从小她就在绘画方面显露出浓厚的兴趣和天赋. 1979年她考入解放军艺术学院,美术系.1983年毕业, 两幅毕业创作被中国美术馆收藏, 她的作品也曾多次参加国内和国际性美展并获奖. 在艺术上她勇于进取,不断向未知的领域挑战,她曾在多种艺术形式和材料上做过广泛的探索, 如: 油画, 壁画, 版画, 水墨和陶瓷等等. 并在实践中逐渐形成了自己的风格.

        1995年她赴美国纽约, 在纽约的两年期间, 她经常去参观博物馆和画廊, 接触到各种艺术流派和很多当地的艺术家, 使她开阔了艺术视野, 并带来了艺术观念上的转变. 1997年她移居到佛罗里达洲,奥兰多市至今.  生活环境的变化和中西方文化的交融, 对她的绘画风格产生了很大的影响, 2004年以后, 她的画风从写实转变为抽象,  抽象绘画领域开始了全新的探索.......

 

 画家自述

 

    大自然是一个绚丽多彩变换莫测的世界,人类在不断探索宇宙奥秘的同时也在不断丰富着自我内心的感知.  从个人到社会,人类到自然,每一个人都会从不同的角度观察到不同的结果, 当我们做近距离观察时,微观的事物呈现出千姿百态. 然而从远距离的宏观角度, 苍茫宇宙天人和一, 一切变化都在遵循着同一个自然定律.

     人们发现很多东西只能体味却难以言说,很多时候内心的感受无法用某种具体的内容或词汇来表达, 然而它们却是真实存在着的东西, 比如:生命的力量和心灵的呼唤, 也许这就是我力求在绘画中表达的东西, 一个个体生命在不断变化的天地自然间和生存状态下的内心体验.

     抽象绘画为精神的表达拓宽了更为广阔的空间,所描绘的不是某种具体的事物和情节,而是一种情绪或意境, 是作者内心世界的物质性外化. 绘画是一种视觉的语言, 精神的表达依靠某种可视的形式而存在, 采用什么样的媒材和形式把内心的感受恰当地表现出来,是画家对个人语汇的选择. 我很自然地选用中国的传统宣纸和水墨作为绘画的主要媒材是因为它承载着一种特有的东方意韵 , 水与墨的氤氲流动在宣纸上的淋漓渗化, 产生出变化多端的气韵节奏,这种极近天然的纹理呈现着生命的动和宇宙本源的精神,色彩的重叠渲染使画面更加赋予层次和表情,营造出一种虚拟的想象空间.新的视觉感受建立在新的技法和形式之上, 通过多方的尝试和探索寻找接近内心需求的表达方式, 也许是一种永无止境的探求, 然而绘画的最终目的只有一个, 那就是通过视觉的语言达到作者与观者之间的内心共鸣.

     我感到抽象绘画就好比是即兴的"演奏", 没有一种固定模式可以参考, 在作画时自由的心境会引领我进入一个未知的世界, 有时意外的错误或偶然的巧遇会启发新的思考, 带来新的契机. 如何掌握,利用,控制和取舍, 使画面中所有的元素协调组合, 结构的松紧, 墨色的虚实, 色彩的浓淡, 一切尽在营造画面的一招一式里, 就象指挥一个乐队, 所有的"乐器"都要配合默契, 奏响心中的交响曲.

     艺术之路是一个崎岖的探险之旅, 每一张画就象是在探索途中留下的印记,有时我会在雾中迷失, 无法辨认方向, 有时意外的惊喜又重新激励起勇气和信心, 我相信, 只有真诚的探索者才能最终得到上帝的启事, 才能在无际的沙漠中寻找到灵感的水源,   探索的真正动力来自于内心的渴望......

 

侯珊瑚

Orlando, Florida
 
 
 
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