This series of artwork was created to explore the visual representation of the energy of the world in ancient Chinese philosophy, encompassing the fundamental dynamics that lend themselves to the evolutionary process of yin and yang. Ancient Chinese philosophers used the theory of the five elements to describe the formation of all things in the world and their interrelationships. The illustrator has boldly captured moments in the face of this powerful energy, while imaginatively illustrating these moments as female protagonists from different countries of different eras and backgrounds.
Red Fire
5000 x 4000px
July, 2023, giclée
The element of fire is one of the five elements, characterized by heat, rising, light and change, and belongs to the south. The south is the place in the middle of the sun, summer is the time when everything steams upward, summer is the heat of the qi movement, and red is the color of heat, all of which are in line with the characteristics of the element of fire, such as heat, ascension, brightness, and change.
Green Leaf
5000 x 4000px
July, 2023, giclée
The element wood is one of the five elements, which has the characteristics of growth, development, organization and relaxation, and belongs to the east, which corresponds to natural phenomena such as spring, wind and the color green. The element has a correspondence with natural phenomena such as the east, spring, wind, and the color green. The east is the place of sunrise, spring is the time when everything is born, wind is the power of qi, and cyan is the color of vitality. All of these correspond to the wood element's characteristics of growth, ascension, organization, and relaxation.
Blue Water
5000 x 4000px
July, 2023, giclée
The element of water is one of the five elements, with water has the characteristics of nourishing, downward, cold, closed and hidden, belonging to the north. The north is the place where water is strong, winter is the time to save energy and store energy, winter is the cold of the qi, the vitality of the latent, everything hibernation.