浠楠 Hei Nam

Artist based in Hong Kong

Artist Conversation:

Why did you choose landscape painting as your artistic subject?

Hei Nam: "In front of nature, one always feels humble, and it's this humility that led me to choose watercolor, a smaller medium in the realm of painting. The places I’ve walked—mountains, fields, and seaside—deeply fascinate me. These unremarkable little scenes are like fragments of life that form another way for me to view the world."

It seems that painting increasingly occupies your life and is slowly becoming your profession. Have you ever thought about becoming a full-time artist?

Hei Nam: "Life is full of coincidences, intertwined with inevitability, transforming like watercolor in its enchanting complexity. Every time I think about everything before painting, I find myself reflecting on myself afterward. I know that what I see is not what I think, and what I think is not what I paint. There’s always some force in nature that leads me to move forward."

藝術家對話：

為什麼會選擇風景寫生作你的繪畫題材？

浠楠：「在大自然面前人總是會卑微起來，正是這種卑微讓我選擇了水彩這種繪畫領域里的小畫種，山間、田野、海邊這些留下我足跡的地方都深深令我著迷，這些並不起眼的小景像生活碎片般構成了我另外一種看世界的方法 。」

如今繪畫似乎越來越多地佔據你生活的空間，也慢慢成為你的正職，成為全職藝術家是你意料過嗎？

浠楠：「人生就是如此偶然，必然間穿遞著如水彩般變幻迷離，每一次我想著畫前的一切，卻又是每一次在畫後反思著自己，我知道我看到的並不是我想到的，而我想到的又不是我畫到的，只是自然間總是有某種力量引領著我踟躕前行。」