Life丨Ink artist draws on imagination

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Ink artist Han Shuo says painting demands the ability to coordinate smartly. ▲Measuring 6 meters wide and 1.8 meters high, An Operatic Mood by Han Shuo, depicts a daily scene at a Peking Opera garden with more than 30 performers in exquisite costumes, singing, reciting, acting and practicing. With rich expressions and diverse demeanors, the panoramic painting vividly showcases the profound and extensive Chinese opera culture. He says that if you compare a painting to a stage play, the painter assumes several roles, including director, performer, and designer of the stage set and lighting. In his works, Han, who was born in 1945 and has long been committed to figure painting, presents vivid theater plays in which he arranges these characters living in the past, or from fairy tales and folklore. His paintings aim to show the weight of history and the beauty of simple but elegant brushwork. More than 100 ink figure paintings from Han's industrious output since the 1980s are now on dis ………………………………