《镜中的自画像》 (2022) Painting by Yang Li

After suffering from depression at the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2000, I locked myself in the house every day. I would feel frightened when other people’s voices and the sound of opening and closing the door were louder. I would wake up with tears unconsciously in my sleep every night. Looking back on the past, it was all Denial, the world is no different in front of me, but it is gray. This gray slowly permeates my world. When it fills the whole world, it will be the end of life. I have this premonition.

I can feel that the spring of life has dried up. I am helpless, so I start painting based on the power of nature. Only by painting can I feel that the source of life is no longer dry and becomes moist. One night, I suddenly saw colors while painting. It was a wonderful feeling. It happened in an instant. I think it was God who helped me open my eyes to see colors.

More than 20 years ago, I received basic training in sketching at the Fine Arts Department of Guida College of Art, but I knew nothing about color. The colors I painted were called "sketch colors" by my first painting teacher. . Unexpectedly, my true understanding of color came from depression. Maybe God wants me to be His paintbrush. This is not what I want to do, but my natural mission.

artmajeur is the first foreign art platform I came to, which allows the world to see the birth of a talented artist.

• Nationality: CHINA
• Date of birth : 1977
• Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
• Groups: Professional Artist Chinese Contemporary Artists