Avoiding trivia, Kuo Chuan-Chiu addresses only the relationship between creation and existence. Her inner drive for painting is to ascertain something from the uncertainty of existence. The conception may seem to be unimpressive. However, it is the genuine point of departure for her creation. The uncertainty, ambiguity, chaos, marginality and openness of perception reflect the artist’s original state in her initial interaction with the real world. Kuo clearly portrays such chaos of perception by capturing
realities” through
feelings.” She devotes herself to depicting the
emerging substance” and
an order created within the structure of intuition.” Kuo paints in a relaxed manner. She firstly conjures up feelings and then consciously embeds them in the painting. With closer observation, we may find that the structure exists in her feelings ab initio. Her feelings per se are not isolated but intentional, which is more the aggregation of inner drive than the outcome produced by external stimulation. Her feelings are creative in nature. They transform the visible into the invisible and vice versa, which represents the natural state of artistic creation. Kuo
evolves” with the objects she paints. She discards sophisticated techniques and treats the composition as a newborn organism. In other words,
the landscape thinks itself in her and she is its consciousness.” The artist seeks a delicate balance of her life simply from her works to be completed in the future. Her works are primarily inspired by her living experience, in which they manifest themselves with omens or signs. In sum, Kuo’s life and works not only reflects her philosophical speculation, but also constitutes her ontology of painting. The painting travels through numerous gorgeous landscapes, and eventually rests in the quotidian life. To my surprise, the landscape seen in the painting is something more than the landscape being. My strokes represent the superimposition of time, which allows the painting to show the power of mind. The scene captured from the landscape faithfully portrays my emotions and aspirations. The painting brims with feeling-inspiring strokes, and therefore exudes a great charm of consciousness. These strokes embody my consciousness at the very moment of painting. Whatever it depicts, the painting brimming with feeling-inspiring strokes also reflects my emotional fluctuations. The four seasons alternate while the time elapses slowly and tranquilly. Plants greet the coming of spring with vigorous growth, so does the painter.