2023 -Frame and Field- LANDSCAPE【8 WORKS】 - SHERWIN J. WANG
2023 - LANDSCAPE
SHERWIN J . WANG
“My art comes from the nature in Los Angeles. I like to blur the pictures of nature, and pay attention to what nature can make us feel. I take things apart and put them together in a way that doesn't look real. I think that God gave me the gift of creativity, and that art is a way to share God's love and beauty with others.”
Frame and Field — Switchback After Rain (San Gabriel)
《框与原野——雨后折返·圣盖博》
画面右下的深红小径与大量斜向断裂像山径的折返（switchback）；整体潮湿的光泽与冷蓝带提示雨后视感。
1) Catalog Entry｜作品条目
Title｜题名: Frame and Field — Switchback After Rain (San Gabriel)（《框与原野——雨后折返·圣盖博》）
Date｜日期: 03/22/2023
Medium｜媒材: Oil on canvas（布面油画）
Size｜尺寸: 24 × 18 × 0.5 in（约 61 × 45.7 × 1.27 cm）
Signature｜签名: “Sherwin” & dated “032223”
Place｜创作地: Temple City / San Gabriel Valley, CA, USA
Series｜系列: Frame and Field
2) Visual Analysis｜构图与语言分析
中文
上缘的群青—钴蓝横带像远山阴影或水库反光；画面主体为多层橄榄绿与泥灰交织，斜向切割形成折返的坡面。右下的深红竖带读为潮湿的径迹；左下灰域被黑线分割成三角网。中段的浅色弧形与黑色厚边构成“门洞/涵洞”般的结构，带来穿越的暗示。
EN
A cobalt/ultramarine band crowns the top, reading as distant ridge or reservoir glare. The field is a weave of olive greens and muddy grays, cut by diagonals that stage a switchback slope. A deep red vertical at lower right suggests a wet trail, while black tracings fracture the lower-left gray into a triangular mesh. A pale arc with a darker rim near center hints at a portal/culvert, inviting passage.
3) Creative Intent｜创作灵感思路
中文
我把圣盖博雨后行走的经验，化作**“折返”的节拍**：视线被斜线引导上行，又在转角处回落；泥土的绿与灰彼此覆盖，像鞋底在湿坡上留下的记号。那道蓝带提醒我：更远处仍有水与天。
EN
The piece translates a post-rain hike in the San Gabriels into a switchback cadence—the eye climbs along diagonals and folds back at the turn. Greens and grays overlay like the prints of wet footing. The blue band keeps whispering: beyond the slope lie water and sky.
4) Technique Notes｜绘画技法
中文
先以冷灰底起稿，随后用厚涂与拉刀堆叠绿域；斜线处交替使用刀尖刻划与干刷擦破，制造折返面与断层感。局部以透明蓝/松石绿薄罩压深阴影；“红径”采用直按高彩+少量油性媒介让湿感更强。底部灰域用十字交错的黑线构成立体的支撑框架。
EN
A cool gray ground is built up with impasto and knife pulls in the greens. Knife scoring and dry scumble articulate the switchback cuts. Selective transparent blue/teal glazes settle the shade; the “red trail” uses direct hot pigment with a touch of medium to heighten wet sheen. Crossed black armatures anchor the lower planes.
5) Spiritual Reading｜属灵解读
中文
折返并非后退，而是以另一角度继续上行。雨后的地面更滑，需要把下一步交托（诗18:33）。蓝色的远处像应许：在泥泞之中，仍有水与天的方向；光从裂缝里进入，给人继续前行的勇气（诗119:105）。
EN
A switchback is not retreat; it’s ascent by another angle. Wet ground asks us to entrust the next step (Ps. 18:33). The distant blue remains a promise—amid mud there is still the direction of water and sky. Light comes through the seams, lending courage to go on (Ps. 119:105).
6) Wall Label｜展签（精简版）
中文
雨后山坡被斜线切成折返面；一条深红湿径落在脚边。蓝色远处像应许，指向水与天。
EN
After rain the slope breaks into switchback planes; a wet red trail sits at your feet. A distant blue promises water and sky.
1) Catalog Entry｜作品条目
Title｜题名: Twilight in the Mountain Dwelling（《山居暮色》）
Date｜日期: 04/16/2023
Medium｜媒材: Oil on canvas（布面油画）
Size｜尺寸: 18 × 24 × 0.5 in（约 45.7 × 61 × 1.27 cm）
Signature｜签名: “Sherwin” & dated “041623”
Series｜系列: Frame and Field
2) Visual Analysis｜构图与语言分析
中文
画面左侧以深蓝/墨绿的竖向块面搭起“林缘/屋影”，中段偏右出现一团乳白—冷绿的透光区，如窗光或薄雾，在纵向刮擦的纹理中缓慢下坠。右上角的赭橙暖域压向暗部，形成暮色的热冷对冲；下缘一串断续的亮白反光像水面的倒影/碎光，把空间从密到疏、从实到虚推开。
EN
At left, deep blues and forest greens build a vertical mass—edge of woods or house silhouette. Near center-right a milky, cool-green glow—window or mist—descends through vertical drags. A terracotta warm zone at upper right presses against the darks, staging a hot–cold twilight. Along the bottom, broken white gleams read as water reflections, opening the space from density to haze.
3) Creative Intent｜创作灵感思路
中文
我想捕捉**“亮起与隐去”交叠的一刻：山居里第一束灯光与天边最后一抹余晖相遇。房屋、林线与水面都不被清楚描绘，而以光的移动**来组织场景——观者像是刚停下脚步，在静下来的世界里呼吸。
EN
The piece holds the instant when the first indoor light meets the day’s last glow. House, treeline, and water are not described but organized by moving light—as if the viewer has just stopped walking and begun to breathe in the hush.
4) Technique Notes｜绘画技法
中文
先以中灰冷底铺陈，采用纵向干刷与刮擦制造雨痕般的流向；左侧用厚涂块面+刀锋提边建构“屋影/林缘”的承重；中段冷绿—乳白以薄涂叠层提亮，再以擦除露出底色形成雾气感。右上暖域用赭橙半透明罩染压向深部，底缘的“水面”以横向拉刷打碎高光。
EN
A cool gray ground takes vertical dry-brush/drag to set a rain-like flow. Left masses are impasto blocks with knife-lifted edges. The central cool-green/white glow is built by thin veils and erasures, letting underlayers haze through. The warm corner uses transparent terracotta glazes pressed into the dark. Bottom reflections are broken with lateral pulls.
5) Spiritual Reading｜属灵解读
中文
暮色让形体退后，而光成为叙事的主语。屋里的小小亮点提醒：在外界将暗之时，心中可以被点亮（诗36:9）。水面的碎光像回应——即便一日将尽，仍有被携带的余温与指引（诗119:105）。
EN
As forms recede at dusk, light takes the sentence. The small indoor flare says: when the world darkens, the heart can be lit (Ps. 36:9). The water’s splinters answer back—though the day closes, warmth and guidance remain (Ps. 119:105).
6) Wall Label｜展签（精简版）
中文
左侧的屋影与林缘在冷色中沉降；一团窗光穿过刮擦的纹理下落。右上余晖回压，水面碎光回应暮色。
EN
House-edge and treeline sink into cool darks; a window-glow falls through dragged paint. Warm dusk presses from above, and the water answers with scattered light.
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