Art arises from the private reactions of our inner selves. The goal of artist Chen Hsientung, as he works through the oil medium, is to find a way, based on his solid foundation of painting technique, to vividly and concretely present the responses and feelings of the spirit.

Chen Hsientung, now in his eighth decade, makes full use of the artistic judgment and technique refined over those many years. His emotional responses are embodied in simple, natural forms that reveal an uninhibited innocence and invite viewers to lose themselves in the world of his paintings. In Chen's work we find a kind of genuineness and approachability that truly brings viewers together with the surging energies of nature, in paintings whose colors and outlines reflect the artist's own years.