Geographical Emotion And Color Expression

Oil painting shows the artist's spirit and emotion in colors and forms. The purposes of painting are now not only to imitate nature, but also to express the Internal self of the artist. The living environment exerts a subtle and significant influenoe on the artist, which will show in his choice and handling of colors in his works. Some colors are perceived by the eye and experienced by the soul. So the color on a painting is one of the direct, overt and effective channels to express the spirit and emotions of an artistIn the past long history, the 26 ethnic groups who live in Yunnan have created an effulgent art and culture. Resources for art creation abound here. Efforts and their achievements In local dance and folk music have drawn worldwide attention, added by movies of local subjects. However, studies are still rare in local fine arts, especially local oil paintings, although oil paintings of strong local features are Increasing rapidly. This thesis discusses the relationship between the artist's attachment to his locality and his use of colors in an effort to analyze the various factors In the local cultural recourses that bear on color expressions in oil paintings with Yunnan characteristics. The focus is on how intuitional experience of looal art resources materialized on paintings.Finally, I analyzed specific, art creation to offer my reflections on the value of local art resouroes and their significance to our present time. I believe this kind of reflective concern to local spirit is also a concern to the modern society in general. The sample for study is taken from Xishuangbanna. Their creation of image to represent the living conditions of the Dai people is studies as an example to show my artistic philosophy: the basic element in the regional art resources that Influences color in painting is the general spirit of the local artI thus wrote this thesis.