Catalogue Note:
Chinese art critic Shui Tianzhong writes about Pang Jiun’s painting, “If the color of Pang Jiun's still life paintings is characterized by floweriness and fullness, the color in his landscape paintings is characterized by elegance and implication. When we compare his landscapes with his still lifes, we feel surprised that such distinctly different color tunes come from the same artist, which is expressed by high intense in depicting his painting.” All his works have their own style and mood, and Pang Jiun's flower stills are masterpieces of the genre. In his preface to Poetics-Landscapes , Pang Jiun writes: “ … the flower works that I paint are more free, and distinguished The flowers are beyond flowers, they are the fuse of colors, strokes, personality and sentiments, illustrating the visual language of spirituality; it is both western and eastern. Hence, the renowned critic, Mr. Shui Tianzhong's wisdom lies in his comprehension of searching for the innate essence of art creation. Indeed, my works on landscape, after 50 years of persistence on the pursuit of existing characteristics, which is the integration of gray tones and state of mind, the Chinese literati's sentiments, the so-called literati's oil painting. As Yuan Ma and Kwei Hsia, the ‘small view scenery’, ‘the corner view’. Has touched the hearts of thousands of Chinese people. That is poetry but also music, and the realm of grand nobility. The ‘scenery spots’ and ‘historic sites’ are the demands of the common people” . (The preface, Pang Jiun, ‘Poetics - Landscape’)