Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Saito Oniwakamaru, Japanese Print

Artist Chen was born in June 1970 in Jingzhou, Hubei province, China. He began creating environmental and ecological themed paintings during his early career in Shenzhen.

He returns to his home town of Jingzhou, Hubei  province each year and is saddened to discover increasingly depleted and polluted rivers. He recalls in his childhood that people would draw water directly from the rivers to drink. His painting “Lost” was selected as a poster for the United Nations Environment Programme. Artist Chen continues to explore environmental themes in his painting and sculpture.

“Silk Road Dream” by Artist Chen. Ecological Artist Chen began creating environmental and ecological themed paintings during his early career in Shenzhen, China. He says “I do not expect to become a great painter like Picasso, but I hope through my paintings, to arouse more people to pay attention to environmental and ecological problems.”

Artist Chen was born in June 1970 in Jingzhou, Hubei province, China. He began creating environmental and ecological themed paintings during his early career in Shenzhen.

He returns to his home town of Jingzhou, Hubei  province each year and is saddened to discover increasingly depleted and polluted rivers. He recalls in his childhood that people would draw water directly from the rivers to drink. His painting “Lost” was selected as a poster for the United Nations Environment Programme. Artist Chen continues to explore environmental themes in his painting and sculpture.

China has an old saying, “physiognomy from the heart” meaning that an individual’s appearance will be affected by their inner world. Artist Chen’s “Lie Detector” series of oil paintings depicts various facial expressions with golden backgrounds to explore his “physiognomy from the heart” concept.