Greetings From The East

#85022     66″ X 48″     ac

“Chen’s being is filled with an incendiary mix of East and West, of old and new, of lasting and ephemeral, of material and spiritual….. He is a volcano of ideas, ideals, and artistic tools. He is an artist of mindful passion….. This eye-popping cargo of Liberty litanies is also a hosanna to the flowering of Neo-Iconography, which is a limitless way of uniting time and space and esthetic diversity into fresh artistic expressions and insights.” So I wrote in “The Spirit of Liberty.”

East and West: Liberty’s crown, insert like diamonds with Buddhas, recalls medieval figures surrounding cathedral doors. The sky is filled with a treasure trove of Chinese icons.

The crown’s spikes divide the sky. The painting reminds one of the temples in Taiwan, where hardly an inch is left undecorated.

– Lawrance Jeppson

“East – West Convergency. The crown of Buddhas recalls medieval saints circling cathedral portals. Above, spirits of the Buddha world transport treasures from the East. She gazes and waits. The gifts are endless.”

– Priscilla Bain-Smith