2016年金秋，全球目光聚焦中國杭州。出席二十國集團(tuán)（G20）領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人杭州峰會(huì)歡迎晚宴的各國元首、國際組織領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人合影留念的背景是一幅描繪湖光勝景的大型設(shè)色水墨畫，名為《西湖景色》。

這幅堪稱西湖“十一景”的巨幅畫作以晚宴舉辦地杭州汪莊為焦點(diǎn)，遠(yuǎn)眺雷峰塔，近觀西子湖。畫面上的淡淡煙云與深綠色的山勢相映，濃淡漬染，群峰層疊，令人難忘。它不但讓外國友人感悟到西子湖的獨(dú)特韻味，還令他們讀懂了獨(dú)特的中國水墨語言。這幅畫的作者就是我國著名“海派”畫家陳家泠。

1937年出生于浙江杭州的陳家泠是新水墨的開拓者和代表人物，在美術(shù)界以“敢變、能變”著稱，繪畫藝術(shù)打破了傳統(tǒng)意義上的人物、山水和花鳥畫范疇。他擅長用獨(dú)特的方式觀察、感受自然，并在數(shù)十年的創(chuàng)作中形成了“清、靜、和、美、真、氣、靈、變”的美學(xué)品格，成為了當(dāng)代“海派”藝術(shù)的中堅(jiān)力量。

上世紀(jì)60年代，畢業(yè)于浙江美術(shù)學(xué)院（現(xiàn)為中國美術(shù)學(xué)院）的陳家泠師從潘天壽、陸儼少，并汲取了兩位國畫大師的繪畫技巧與靈感。由于長期受到江南文化浸染以及大量吸收中國古代壁畫和外國水彩技法，自上世紀(jì)80年代起，陳家泠以打破傳統(tǒng)方法畫荷花而聞名畫壇，形成獨(dú)特的“陳氏荷花風(fēng)格”。

空靈飄逸的淡墨荷花風(fēng)格雅致，拓展了中國花鳥畫的審美語境，且向世界傳遞著東方的神韻與溫情。他先以一幅《開放的荷花》轟動(dòng)畫壇，緊接著又創(chuàng)作了《清韻》《不染》等以荷花為主題的系列畫作；其中，《不染》更榮獲第七屆全國美展銀獎(jiǎng)。

陳家泠的創(chuàng)作不拘泥于繪畫作品的媒介和題材。幾年前，這位耄耋畫家受到江西景德鎮(zhèn)陶瓷藝術(shù)家和匠人的啟發(fā)，將創(chuàng)作視角延伸至瓷器領(lǐng)域。他多次赴景德鎮(zhèn)創(chuàng)作釉下彩等不同形式的瓷瓶作品，并創(chuàng)建了“泠窯”，在瓷畫創(chuàng)作燒制中不斷探尋未知的“窯變”效果。

在陳家泠先生眼中，瓷器是中華民族與世界文化交流的一個(gè)重要標(biāo)桿；那么，作為一名中國藝術(shù)家怎能不熱愛瓷器、表達(dá)瓷器？憑借這腔熱忱，80歲的陳家泠在“瓷都”待了一年，共燒造了40只由4人才能圍合的象征著和平、豐慶的荷花缸、石榴缸。

陳家泠曾說過：“藝術(shù)家要表達(dá)這個(gè)時(shí)代，謳歌這個(gè)時(shí)代，他的心靈就越能融入時(shí)代的情感，他的創(chuàng)作就越有生命的力量。”他認(rèn)為，藝術(shù)家不能止步于享受生活的美好，而是要肩負(fù)起發(fā)展、弘揚(yáng)國家文化的使命。經(jīng)過半個(gè)多世紀(jì)的探索與實(shí)踐，一直奔忙在創(chuàng)作路上的陳家泠不斷用創(chuàng)新的筆觸勾畫中國故事，致力于將中國國畫藝術(shù)推向更高的世界舞臺(tái)。

At the G20 Summit in 2016, a large-scale work called "Scenery of the West Lake" became the background painting for the group photo of the world leaders. Measuring five by two meters, it helped people around the world appreciate the beauty of modern Chinese ink painting. The creator of the artwork is renowned Chinese artist Chen Jialing.

The panorama conveys the intangible qualities of the West Lake. The imaginative richness and cultural significance accumulated over the centuries seem to come alive through Chen's composition techniques and his perfect use of colors.

For years, Chen Jialing has been known in art circles in China for his desire to "change." Upon the establishment of traditional Chinese ink painting, he worked to innovate and tried to break down boundaries in categories such as figures and landscapes, as well as flower and birds.

Chen Jialing studied the Chinese painting styles of Pan Tianshou and Lu Yanshao at the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts. Chen said he gained a deeper understanding of traditional theory and traditional techniques from the two painting masters in Chinese fine art history.

Absorbing the creative spirit from the two predecessors, Chen Jialing made a significant change in his painting. He abandoned the standard use of pen and ink and explored the magical effect of the interaction between paper, water, brush pen and color. This led to the birth of his new ink style -- light ink.

Since the 1980s, Chen has been famous for breaking traditional techniques to paint the lotus. He created a series of lotus-themed paintings, forming a unique "Chen-style lotus." Among them, his painting "Untainted" won silver prize at the 7th National Art Exhibition. With the lotus as his signature, the artist created a modern Chinese painting style, combining impressionism, abstraction and expressionism. 

In addition, he creatively extended the beauty of Chinese ink painting to other areas of daily life, such as painting the lotus patterns on containers. In Jingdezhen, China's "Porcelain Capital," Chen cooperated with ceramic artists and painted the "lotus" on 40 pieces of large vats, which makes him becoming the first person to paint lotus flowers on large porcelain wares.

As the Chinese painting is becoming more and more recognized, the traditional Chinese art is being shared by people all over the world. For decades, Chen Jialing has been busy sketching and painting Chinese stories with innovative brush strokes. The 85-year-old celebrated painter said he never stopped creating even in senior years, hoping to further showcase the oriental aesthetics to the international stage.