Almighty painter

Chapter 299 Change
honestly.

Buddhism is profound and life and death is mysterious.

The great monk of Lingyin Temple may not necessarily mean this when he talks about reincarnation.

But Boggs used these twelve popular cat drawings to interpret his Buddhist worldview.

It’s really Zen-y.

After all the first twelve drawings were displayed in front of everyone, the assistant finally figured out the taste.

"It turns out to be... "Bull Picture"."

He spit out a name.

This kind of whole set of paintings is related to each other. Each painting is based on the previous one, and some brushwork and composition are adjusted. Finally, a "gradient painting" is formed, which uses the most intuitive method to tell the audience an abstract art concept in the form of painting. .

Professor Boggs was not the first.

Picasso's most expensive work should be "Women of Algiers" which sold for nearly 2 million US dollars. The most famous work is of course "Guernica", which is called "War and Peace" painted on the wall.

However, if we want to select the masterpiece that best sums up his artistic philosophy in Lao Bi's career.

Then "Bull Picture" will definitely be at the top of this list.

"Bull Picture" is a set of eleven drawings in total, all eleven drawings are of the same bull.

The first painting is an extremely realistic portrait of a fat and strong bull.The second painting builds on the first, with a more detailed emphasis on the bull's majesty, adding to its expressiveness and primal mystery.

Starting from the third painting, Picasso began to continuously delete the details of the bull's expression, deconstructing the artistic concept of the bull through simplification and outline.

By the last painting, the bull on the drawing had been abstracted into a few sporadic lines like a child's strokes.

This set of "Amy" drawings by Professor Boggs has the same painting ideas as Picasso's "Bull".

Sixty years ago, Picasso used eleven bull paintings to explain the essence of the art philosophy of abstraction and cubism in a simple and easy way.

In this ranch in Queenstown today, Professor Boggs used twelve black and white ink-style drawings, using fairy tale cat portraits as a carrier to express the yin and yang view of life and death in the minds of old American laymen.

Jane Arnold was so amazed when she understood this.

The work on the easel in front of me is more than just a set of drawings.

It can be said that it is a Buddhist verse describing life and death with neat and beautiful rhythm.

“Life comes from death, and death is transformed from life, just like the continuous transformation of ears and wheat.”

Ms. Anya softly read a poem that summed up the feelings of many people present.

"You have such artistic temperament." The assistant praised.

“Not my words, these were the opening words of Mahatma Gandhi’s speech at the Sanskrit University in Benares.”

One of her Indian clients who runs a technology company admires their national hero so much that he once used this sentence as his signature introduction on his Twitter homepage.

Anya had a general impression of that client and had already unblocked him from Twitter.

at this time.

When the female artist saw Professor Boggs' paintings and was drawn into the world view of the work, she suddenly remembered this sentence for no reason.

The principles of heaven and earth are everywhere and are not valuable.

Without enough experience and appropriate context, the motto often sounds like superficial understanding at first.

Each of these twelve paintings by Professor Boggs is a masterpiece. When viewed together, it has the power to make people feel something.

Anya almost felt as solemn as performing a religious ceremony.

It seems that after seeing these paintings, there will be a little more understanding deep in the soul.

"Mr. Jane Arnold is right. These twelve paintings are the most shocking painting exhibition I have seen this year."

"If you agree, Zaohe Space Gallery is willing to provide space and funds to hold a solo exhibition for you, just with these twelve paintings as the core." She couldn't wait to send out the invitation.

I know that the current situation is not suitable.

Ms. Anya's side of the art dealer was filled with joy, which already made her unwilling to wait for a second.

The female artist smelled the flavor of a classic painting exhibition that would attract the attention of many European literary youth and spiritual enthusiasts, and she even thought of the name.

It's called "The Reincarnation of a Cat."

It seems very exaggerated to open a special exhibition for twelve paintings.

But this set of drawings is totally worth it.

The scale of an art exhibition cannot be linked to its influence.

Many so-called "small" art exhibitions are not small in scale, especially those graduation exhibitions held by art academies for graduates, where hundreds or even thousands of works are displayed.

There is no traffic at all.

The key to an art exhibition is the quality of the works, and the quantity of works is not a high priority.

Cattle and sheep are in herds, tigers are alone.

There is even a joke in the industry that an art exhibition with fewer exhibits is more important.

Because the organizers and curators are confident that just relying on these few works can attract a sufficient number of tourists to avoid being unable to recover the cost.

The 798 Art Campus is the largest and most famous art innovation park in Eastern Xia.

The most common method of playing in recent years is to find connections and "invite" a piece of work by Monet, Degas, or Picasso.

Just one picture can open a special exhibition.

By selling the cultural peripherals of this painting to tourists from all walks of life who were attracted to admire the master's original work, he made a lot of money.

These twelve drawings by Boggs gave Ms. Anya sufficient confidence to bear hundreds of thousands of euros in exhibition expenses to hold an entire large-scale exhibition.

"talk later."

Professor Boggs waved his sleeves proudly.

His paintings are so good that the opportunity to have his paintings exhibited in the most prestigious museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art is rare.

There are still ordinary galleries that want to take on their own works.

This set of drawings is like the beautiful daughter he raised in the old professor's heart.

He would not promise it to others easily!

"How about it?"

Professor Boggs cast his expectant gaze on Tony.

Tony is the real deal.

What better way to illustrate the magic and value of a work of art than to open the heart of a 41-year-old autistic patient?
Tony remained silent before the easel.

Jane Arnold's uncontrollable applause just now, including Ms. Anya's impatient praise and invitation, everyone's voices were kept low, for fear of disturbing the eldest child's thoughts that were finally immersed in it.

until now.

Tony was still looking at the painting quietly.

The psychiatrist hesitated for a moment, wanting to open his mouth to explain to Tony the philosophical meaning of Professor Boggs's paintings.

Professor Boggs raised his hand to stop him.

The old professor still believes that no matter how complex the design and the earth-shattering depth of thought are hidden in the painting, it should be easily readable by the audience.

From the moment it was born, Hua Dao Hua has been a childish and simple painting method.

Thoughts can be deep, but the threshold for appreciation does not have to be deep.

It is a work that needs to be accompanied by a thick and long critic's analysis in front of the exhibition stand of an art museum in order for the target audience to understand it.

Otherwise, the painter's technique is not powerful enough to support his ideas.

Otherwise, the painter is pretending to be mysterious.

No need to comment, the excellent Hua Dao painting itself is enough to enlighten the mind.

The assistant didn't understand it at first, just because he was not the target audience and he didn't like cats.

Professor Boggs proudly believed that Tony himself would be able to see the true meaning of his work.

"Cat...Amy...play."

Tony murmured something to himself that no one could understand. He stood in the middle of the twelve picture frames and glanced between the sixth and seventh picture frames.

That's the dividing line between reality and fiction.

His big gray eyes stared at the dusty painting. The torrent of moonlight spilled from the glass window behind the picture frame and shone on his pupils.

Just like the change in Professor Boggs's oil painting style, a bit of frosty white brightness was added to the childish and chaotic eyes.There seemed to be something substantial gleaming in Tony's eyes.

The psychiatrist carefully observed his expression.

Eyes are the windows to the soul.

Observing the communication between the eyes of children with autism and the outside world is originally an important evaluation item on the ABC autism quantitative analysis observation form.

Since Dr. Jin Anqing took over Tony's treatment, he has never seen him show such a lost expression.

For a moment.

The doctor really believed that this ignorant child could understand the profound meaning of Professor Boggs's drawings.

"Hold this kitten. Although she likes me, she is your Amy now." The old professor reluctantly took a step forward and handed the kitten to Tony.

Tony hesitantly stretched out his hand.

"Amy?"

He called softly and tentatively.

Everyone felt this historic moment and held their breath.

Jane Arnold was so excited that she had to hold on to her assistant's sleeves to keep her balance.

Dr. Jin Anqing was also very excited. He felt that a paper in a top psychology journal that could be published in "Trends in Cognition" was already beckoning to him.

"No, hold Amy."

Professor Boggs stuffed the kitten close to Tony's arms.

"Meow?"

Tony raised the kitten to his eyes and meowed softly.

The soft white kitten opened its eyes curiously and looked at its little master.

slap.

Tony let go and the cat fell to the ground.

This height is not a problem at all for cats that can climb up and down, but the kitten was still shocked.

Suddenly, he got into the corner of the room.

"It's not Amy."

Tony said slowly.

"She is Amy." Professor Boggs took a big step forward and said angrily.

Tony fell silent.

He continued to lower his head and stared at his toes shyly.

The light in Tony's eyes.

Disappeared.

He refused to accept Professor Boggs' worldview.
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The pasture in the afternoon was quiet and peaceful, with only the occasional sounds of livestock, birds, and cowboys shouting.

Jane Arnold has a large grassland along the lake on the west side of Queenstown. When you look up, you can see the emerald-colored river and the rolling low hills in the distance.

Ms. Anya wore brown high riding boots and carefully held the reins. Surrounded by an old cowboy and assistant, she rode a docile little mare across the shallows of the river.

The female artist has completely relaxed.

Although it did not have the best effect as expected and had some flaws, Anya still felt that it was a worthwhile trip to see such an excellent work of art as "Amy" with her own eyes.

Not to mention the unexpected gift of a booth at the Sydney Art Fair in September, this trip to New Zealand was extremely rewarding.

Detective Cat has not yet been completed.

Anya no longer had any expectations in her heart.

She now seems to lack interest even in finishing her painting of "Pet Love" on the wall.

To have appreciated the brilliance of the greatest works is to have witnessed the beauty of the world, and the rest is just a rough waste of flowers and leaves.

On technique, on conception.

Just as Professor Boggs claims to be, he has reached the limit of the art of knife painting.

The female artist cannot imagine what kind of works Detective Cat would have to draw to express better than this set of "Amy".

Even Jane Arnold had a smile on her face.

He has been busy communicating with Dr. Jin Anqing these days about Tony's next treatment plan.

Although emotional replacement therapy failed again.

Although Professor Boggs' work is extremely clever in conception, little Tony is still stubborn and unwilling to pass on his affection for Amy to other kittens.

However, the first six paintings still successfully attracted Tony's attention, which was an unprecedented improvement.

No matter how small a lice is, it is still meat.

Jane Arnold wondered if she could do something based on the first half of the drawings.

Now when the master illustrator sees Boggs every day, his tone and demeanor are more serious and respectful.

Even the assistant saw Jane Arnold politely handing a white pepper bottle to Boggs while eating barbecue yesterday.

In the past, Jane Arnold's courtesy was more of a courtesy to guests from afar, but now it is a respect for a great artist.

Even though Professor Boggs's social status is far from comparable to his own.

But those are the shackles of the niche of knife painting, and it is definitely not that Professor Boggs's painting skills are not good enough.

Jane Arnold no longer even mentioned wanting to give Professor Boggs a gift in return.

A painting like "Amy" cannot be measured in monetary value, nor can it be obtained through a simple exchange of interests.

Art is priceless.

If someone is willing to come over and draw for Tony, even if the main purpose is probably to defeat Detective Cat, it is still a great favor.

Jane Arnold is willing to keep this kind of sentiment in her heart, instead of giving some kind of reward from above like giving rice candy to a child as an artistic giant.

Probably the only person on the ranch who was dissatisfied with the current situation was Professor Boggs himself.

At this time, the old professor was lying on a sunshade chair in the sunshine by the lake.

There was a white kitten lying on the small cream-colored plastic coffee table next to him, and at his feet were a pet air travel storage box and related adoption documents.

New Zealand has a dedicated pet return officer, and you need some formalities to prove your pet if you want to give it away.

The assistant has completed all the documents in the past few days.

When the professor flies back to New York, he can take the cat with him.

"Amy?"

The kitten meowed softly.

"Are you Amy? Are you not Amy? No, you are Amy..." Professor Boggs stared at the kitten beside him and muttered without listening.

The kitten was used to the weird grandpa's nervous appearance in the past two days, so he curled himself up into a ball of fluff and continued to take a peaceful nap in the sun.

Ordinary people would not understand, thinking that Tony is a young child with an intellectual disability, so if you can't understand his paintings, you can't understand them. Why bother?

Can be narcissistic like Professor Boggs.

He believed from the bottom of his heart that his paintings should have the magical power of turning rotten wood into bloom.

If it was a question of his ability to draw swords and paintings, Tony couldn't see it from the beginning to the end, so that's it.

But even though he is attracted by his own works, he is unwilling to enter into the world view he has created, which makes Professor Boggs very unacceptable.

He muttered something and lowered his head.

I looked at a series of English religious books in the Amazon shopping cart on my mobile phone such as Sutra (English Buddhist scriptures), The Theory of Karma (Principle of Karma), The Four Noble Truths, etc., and clicked to place an order.

Professor Boggs interpreted this as indicating that his understanding of Zen principles was not deep enough.

He plans to go back and take another international English Buddhist online course at Lingyin Temple. In the next ten years, he will continue to study Buddhism and strive to gain enlightenment as soon as possible.

While Professor Boggs was browsing the shopping cart, he devoted his limited life to the endless ocean of Zen knowledge.

A new message alert popped up on the phone—it was a message from the assistant.

"In half an hour, come to the living room on the third floor. The painting of Detective Cat has arrived."

(End of this chapter)