Dream Bouquet, Ink Art Painting

Artist Yu-ning Yang " Dream Bouquet " Ink on paper 21.4 x 13 inch ( 54.5 x 33 cm) 2022   About Yu-Ning Yang Yu-Ning Yang opted for vellum paper, ink, and other classic oriental painting materials for this series of creations. Nevertheless, her artworks from this series rise above the boundaries defining ink painting and calligraphy painting. Her profound adeptness at utilizing the oriental painting materials demonstrates vividly in the exquisite brush strokes captured by the vellum paper and the grainy maIe effects delivered by the Su Mo – meaning overnight ink, a revived dried-up ink with water. The combination of vellum paper and Su Mo form unpredictable overlapping of light and shadow seen in wrinkled fabric and broken, irregular velvet surface. In her paintings, we see steady grainy strokes of perfect moisture overlay and spread on the surface visited by goat-hair brushes soaked up in Su Mo with no traces of excessive ink or dry brushes. Yu-Ning is an ink expert. However, instead