Art World of Matthew Felix Sun

Fine artist. Art ought to be from life, and above life. To merely document surfaces is not enough: I want to grasp what is behind, which to me is far more compelling and worthwhile. My goal is to discover the truth in life, and to portray those hidden aspects boldly, without losing beauty that is seen. www.matthewfelixsun.com Paintings and Prints via ArtSlant.com Zazzle Store
Last Trip - A Dream / 最后的旅程 - 一个梦 / Letzte Reise - Ein Traum on Flickr.Via Flickr:Last Trip - A Dream Oil on Canvas 22” x 28” Completed in 2013 Inventory # 4356.101.2013.05.004 © Matthew Felix Sunwww.matthewfelixsun.comNew Painting “Last Trip - A Dream” Completed Last weekend, I completed an oil painting, titled “Last Trip - A Dream”. It was indeed based on a dream I had. Several years ago, I had a chance encounter with an immaculately dressed old lady in my neighborhood and her exceptional good taste belies the time we lived in and I always felt a sense of being granted a special access to a more elegant era, which had long ceased to exist. That was the start of our casual friendship. Over the years, though she has getting frailer, she always declined any help I proposed to offer. The last time I saw her, several weeks ago, she looked a bit down and somewhat less than perfectly careful with her look so I didn’t have the heart to greet her, so as not to make her feel embarrassed. It was perhaps silly on my part, but I think she’d appreciate it as my kindness. Her frailty haunted me and in one of the following nights, I dreamed of her, lying on a large suitcase, dressed in black gossamer, readying for her last journey. It was that dream inspired my painting below, though it was neither a literal description of the elegant lady, nor an accurate account of my dream.

Last Trip - A Dream / 最后的旅程 - 一个梦 / Letzte Reise - Ein Traum on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Last Trip - A Dream
Oil on Canvas
22” x 28”
Completed in 2013
Inventory # 4356.101.2013.05.004

© Matthew Felix Sun
www.matthewfelixsun.com



New Painting “Last Trip - A Dream” Completed
Last weekend, I completed an oil painting, titled “Last Trip - A Dream”. It was indeed based on a dream I had.

Several years ago, I had a chance encounter with an immaculately dressed old lady in my neighborhood and her exceptional good taste belies the time we lived in and I always felt a sense of being granted a special access to a more elegant era, which had long ceased to exist. That was the start of our casual friendship. Over the years, though she has getting frailer, she always declined any help I proposed to offer. The last time I saw her, several weeks ago, she looked a bit down and somewhat less than perfectly careful with her look so I didn’t have the heart to greet her, so as not to make her feel embarrassed. It was perhaps silly on my part, but I think she’d appreciate it as my kindness.

Her frailty haunted me and in one of the following nights, I dreamed of her, lying on a large suitcase, dressed in black gossamer, readying for her last journey. It was that dream inspired my painting below, though it was neither a literal description of the elegant lady, nor an accurate account of my dream.

Rowing / 划船 / Rudern on Flickr. First Painting Completed in 2013Last weekend, I completed my first painting in 2013.  It was landscape with a figure - a young man or boy, rowing a canoe in a cold day.  The atmosphere was chilly, dark, but the background houses were somewhat bright and cheerful.  It was an interplay between cold and warmth, between suffocating black and iridescent paler hues.The atmosphere I strove to achieve for this painting was a certain melancholy, solitude yet not tragic.  The black water actually shimmered and danced.  This a painting with hope, befitting for the beginning of a new year, after a year filled with events of personal sadness.Via Flickr:Rowing Oil on Canvas 22” x 28” Completed in 2013 Inventory # 4121.101.2013.01.001 © Matthew Felix Sunwww.matthewfelixsun.com

Rowing / 划船 / Rudern on Flickr.

First Painting Completed in 2013
Last weekend, I completed my first painting in 2013.  It was landscape with a figure - a young man or boy, rowing a canoe in a cold day.  The atmosphere was chilly, dark, but the background houses were somewhat bright and cheerful.  It was an interplay between cold and warmth, between suffocating black and iridescent paler hues.

The atmosphere I strove to achieve for this painting was a certain melancholy, solitude yet not tragic.  The black water actually shimmered and danced.  This a painting with hope, befitting for the beginning of a new year, after a year filled with events of personal sadness.

Via Flickr:
Rowing
Oil on Canvas
22” x 28”
Completed in 2013
Inventory # 4121.101.2013.01.001

© Matthew Felix Sun
www.matthewfelixsun.com

Icon / Ikon / 聖像 on Flickr.Via Flickr:Icon Oil on Canvas 16” x 20” Completed in 2012 Inventory # 4120.101.2012.09.021 © Matthew Felix Sunwww.matthewfelixsun.com A New Painting “Icon” Completed Growing up with the doctrine that “religion is poison” [Mao], my view on religion was not a cozy one but it has changed slowly. Though I am still somewhat leery of organized religion, I do appreciate the power of solace religions can provide. This year I have a rather difficult beginning and seeking such comfort perhaps was what compelled me to work on this painting, dominated by a compassionate weeping face. The sadness and compassionate eyes comforted me during the time of difficulty and suffering.

Icon / Ikon / 聖像 on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Icon
Oil on Canvas
16” x 20”
Completed in 2012
Inventory # 4120.101.2012.09.021

© Matthew Felix Sun
www.matthewfelixsun.com


A New Painting “Icon” Completed

Growing up with the doctrine that “religion is poison” [Mao], my view on religion was not a cozy one but it has changed slowly. Though I am still somewhat leery of organized religion, I do appreciate the power of solace religions can provide.

This year I have a rather difficult beginning and seeking such comfort perhaps was what compelled me to work on this painting, dominated by a compassionate weeping face. The sadness and compassionate eyes comforted me during the time of difficulty and suffering.