chinese letter artist

[mollykins]

following on from my work rest play thread, does anyone know of an artist that paints chinese letters as art. I think the calligraphy is beautiful and can count as art, so i'm thinking of doing a canvas or three with the mandarin words for work rest and play.

when i google it, it either comes up with tatoos and jsut written stuff or paintings of people and scenery, but no paintings of chinese words.

[woofgang]

I just googled "chinese calligraphy and got loads of calligraphy images and a couple of sites that give you lists of the pictograms and their meanings

[mollykins]

i can't find a modern artist that does chinese words on canvas help

[mollykins]

or silk or paper etc, someone that does chinese letters and words on canvas/paper etc.

[jno]

you probably know this already but it used to be the slogan for Mars

http://www.synergyart...7_WRP_expo-704495.jpg

[mollykins]

nope, how long ago was that?

thanks. i found an artist that kinda does what want but hasn't done paintings of relevant words.

[mollykins]

mo yun, he does paintings on silk but the only work he did that relevant to work rest play is the mandarin symbol for peaceful.

[jno]

In the 60s ('A Mars a day helps you work, rest and play.') So you could try creating a Mars ad including the words.

[mollykins]

aahhhh that could be one of my ideas.

[coccinelle]

Fabienne Verdier is a french artist which does some beautiful calligraphy work. She lives in my village.

[123everton]

There are many different styles of calligraphy.
You couldtry a joke pan, lu, deng, xiao,xian, or, go traditional with the five cardinal blessings.