Guocheng Chen
Guocheng Chen’s paintings encourage us to re-examine the relationship between ourselves and the natural world around us. Chen’s paintings are derived from both personal expression and direct observation. Including abstraction and realism, the work expresses the visual pleasure of the picturesque and the ‘dark unknown’ which the natural world presents to us. Exploring the boundaries between figuration and abstraction, memories and dreams, the paintings comment on the relationship between reality and imagination, the “inside” world of feelings and ideals and the “outside” world of the environment.... read more