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After the Tide
Kevin Liang Art Review story Style
After the Tide Kevin Liang "Trace of Times 1" Mixed Media on metal 30X40 inches 2026 This new work continues my ongoing exploration of the space between abstraction and representation, but with a quieter and more simplified approach. I began with a photographic image of flowers as the foundation of the painting. Instead of preserving their original brightness, I deliberately muted and darkened the colors, allowing the image to feel more distant — almost like a memory slowly fading over time. Inspired in part by Gerhard Richter’s squeegee technique, I then dragged broad layers of turquoise and blue-green paint across...
Grapplers -- Wei Hai and Zhaoman Zeng
Kevin Liang Art Review story Style
Introducing two new artists Wei Hai and Zhaoman Zeng in different style, but one goal: originality.
Tiffany Zhu, The Drawing Mystery
Kevin Liang Art Review story Style
I write about the artist Tiffany Zhu's thought and painting process.
The Color of Winter
Kevin Liang Color photograph Style
Winter in north has its own melody. It adds dramatic cloud formations to the library of subject material for me to draw upon. Meanwhile, the landscape is reduced to the essential. With the absence of foliage, structure becomes prominent again. Tree trunks and branches reveal an expressive anatomy.
Huang Yu Lin -- Life, Paint and Passion, Reclaiming the Magic of Imagination
Kevin Liang Art Review Color story Style
Huang Yu Lin is an artist and art educator who lives in New York City. Her colorful works can be critical, sometimes hilariously so, but they aren't bleak or cruel. Rather, they are feeling made external, and convey the exhilaration and freedom of mind at the core of painting.