Paul Cheng - Echoes in the Night

Når jeg lavede dette maleri, havde jeg ikke til hensigt at skildre et bestemt sted, men at fange den følelsesmæssige overlapning mellem by, minde og nat. Fragmenter af lys, bygninger og menneskemængder dukkede op i mit sind og opløses hurtigt. Jeg holdt kompositionen svævende mellem orden og kaos, i håbet om, at seerne kunne finde deres egne historier og minder i farvernes rytme.

Jeg arbejdede med en kombination af impasto og skrabning, så malingen kunne bygges op til stærke teksturer og lagdelte overflader. Varme nuancer dominerer paletten, afbrudt af køligere accenter for at skabe visuel spænding og bevægelse. Penselstrøgene forbliver direkte og spontane, undgår overforfining, så maleriet bevarer umiddelbarhed og følelsesmæssig autenticitet.

Paul Cheng

Oil Painters of America (OPA) Signature Member


Paul Cheng blev født og opvokset i Guangzhou, Kina, og studerede ved Guangzhou Fine Art College i Kina, en af de mest prestigefyldte kunstskoler i Kina. Han modtog sin BFA-grad fra og underviste ved samme skole. Hans malerier har været udstillet ved forskellige kunstkonkurrencer i Kina, Australien og USA og er blevet en prisvindende kunstner. Paul Cheng blev omtalt i Southwest Art Magazine i april 2013. Han har arbejdet for nogle af de største underholdningsfirmaer som senior visuel udviklingsartist, kunstnerisk leder og senior illustrationist hos spilfirmaer i Australien og USA. Disse projekter han har arbejdet på, blev enten nomineret til Oscar for Bedste animations feature eller vandt Oscar for Fremragende præstation i karakterdesign i en animeret spillefilm og en Emmy-pris.

FINE ARTS-UDSTILLINGER/PRISER/ÆRESBEVISNER:

Oil Painters of America 2025 Western Regional Exhibition

Oil Painters Of America 34st Annual National Juried Exhibition Of Traditional Oils (2025)

Oil Painters of America’s 32nd Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils (2023)

Oil Painters of America 2022 Western Regional Exhibition

Oil Painters of America’s 31st Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils (2022)

Oil Painters of America’s 30th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils (2021)

Oil Painters of America 2021 Western Regional Exhibition

Oil Painters of America 2019 Western Regional Exhibition

The Virtuosos of OPA Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils 2019

Oil Painters of America’s 27th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils (2018)

Oil Painters of America 2017 Western Regional Exhibition

Oil Painters of America’s 26th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils (2017)

OPA 2016 Juried Salon Show of Traditional Oils

Oil Painters of America 2016 Western Regional Exhibition

Mountain Oyster Club 46th Annual Contemporary Western Art Show & Sale(2015)

Oil Painters of America 2014 Western Regional Exhibition

'Seascape Honorable Mention’ på Oil Painters Of America’s 23rd Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils (2014)

Greenhouse Gallery Salon International 2014

Western Art and Landscape Show-2/2014(Greenhouse Fine Art gallery),

Small Gems - 02/2014(Christian Daniels Gallery)
Holiday Open House and Group Show-12/2013(Concetta D. Gallery),

'Finalist'- BoldBrush Painting Competition (November 2013),

‘Honorable Mention’ (OPA Online Showcase - Spring 2013),

Oil Painters of America’s 22nd Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils (2013),

Top 60 Greenhouse Gallery Salon International 2013‑

'Finalist'- BoldBrush Painting Competition (August 2012),

‘Honorable Mention’ at OPA Online Showcase Competition (Summer 2012),

OPA 2012 Western Regional Exhibition


Bibliography


“ Artist Focus: Paul Cheng” af Froala Editor, American Art Collector magazine, november 2021 edition

"The spirit of art " af Bonnie Gangelhoff, Southwest art Magazine, april 2013

Animation Film and TV Credits as Visual Development Artist

"The Book of Life" (3D Animation feature 2014)
"Free Birds " (3D Animation feature 2013)
“Back At The Barnyard” (3D TV series Nik, Won 2009 An Emmy Award 2009)
"Barnyard”(3D feature film Paramount 2006)
"Tarzan II”( 2D direct to video 2003)
"Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (3D feature film Nickelodeon, Nominated Oscar 2002 Best Animation Feature 2001)
"Titan A. E." (2D feature film 2000)
"Bartok the Magnificent" (2D direct to video 1999)
"Anastasia" ( 2D feature film 1998)
"The Lion King II-Simba's Pride" (2D direct to video 1997)


Teaching Experience

Instructor at Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art, China, 1986-1989.


Membership

Oil Painters of America (Signature Member)