Photography and Painting are entirely different methods of revealing the truth. Is the realistic one more beautiful or the abstract and hazy one more appealing? In Mr. Water Poon’s mind, photography strives for reality yet there are limitations on the composition of photo while you can make free of painting to widen the frame of mind. Putting down the camera, the landscape under Mr. Water Poon’s paint brush arouses our sentiment. His series of “Landscape” painting, as implied by the name, reveals the beautiful scene of mountains and waters. He was inspired by the trip to Yangsu, Guilin with the primitive life in villages and the radiant, enchanting scene of landscape. Gallery by the Harbour is honoured to announce its collaboration with Mr. Water Poon and will be displaying his collection of Landscape Painting within the period of 10 April to 10 May, 2009. The exhibition will present a selection of 25 recent paintings, with a huge painting with 144cmW X 259cmH. Mr. Water Poon will attend the interview sessions before 10 April, 2009.
Mr. Water Poon’s productions was exhibited in Vancouver, America, Shanghai, Guangzhou etc and it is the first‐ever time to be exhibited in local shopping mall. He thinks that the peace of village life in Yangsu, Guilin and the sunrise‐sunset between mountains and waters give people the sweetness ravishingly. But why is the landscape in the painting always gray and there is no clear‐cut between mountains and waters? As a matter of fact, it is the portrayal of frame of mind. “The mountains in Guilin are in special shape, every mountain is unique and independent with no linkage with the waters underneath. In the first sight, we think that the mountains link up with waters just because the mountains are made up of gray‐blue rock.” Mr. Water Poon explained.