Paul Cheng - Echoes in the Night

Mens jeg malte dette verket, hadde jeg ikke som mål å skildre et bestemt sted, men heller å fange den følelsesmessige overlappen mellom by, minne og natt. Fragmenter av lys, bygninger og menneskemengder dukket opp i sinnet mitt og forsvant raskt. Jeg holdt komposisjonen hengende mellom orden og kaos, i håp om at seerne kunne finne sine egne historier og minner innenfor fargens rytme.

Jeg jobbet med en kombinasjon av impasto og skraping, slik at malingen kunne bygge sterke teksturer og lagdelte overflater. Varme toner dominerer paletten, avbrutt av kjøligere aksenter for å skape visuell spenning og bevegelse. Penselstrøkene forblir direkte og spontane, og unngår overfinering slik at maleriet beholder umiddelbarhet og følelsesmessig autentisitet.

Paul Cheng

Oil Painters of America (OPA) Signature Member


Paul Cheng ble født og vokste opp i Guangzhou, Kina, og studerte ved Guangzhou Fine Art College i Kina, en av de mest prestisjetunge kunstfaglige skoler i Kina. Han mottok sin BFA-grad fra og underviste ved samme skole. Maleriene hans har blitt vist på ulike kunstkonkurranser i Kina, Australia og USA og han har blitt en prisvinnende kunstner. Paul Cheng ble fremstilt i Southwest Art Magazine i april 2013. Han har arbeidet for noen av de største underholdningsselskapene som en Senior utviklingskunstner, kunstnerisk leder og Senior illustratør i spillfirmaer i Australia og USA. Prosjektene han har jobbet med ble enten nominert til Oscar for Beste Animasjons Langfilmer eller vunnet Oscar for Outstanding Achievement in Character Design i en Animasjonsfilmproduksjon og en Emmy-pris.

FINE ARTS EXHIBITIONS/AWARDS/HONORS:

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’ on 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” av Froala Editor, American Art Collector magazine, November 2021 Edition

"The spirit of art" av 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)