About

Shi Le’s latest series of paintings, on display in the Upper Gallery from October 12th to 28rd, captures the ever-changing shades of Autumn, as the season transforms dense forests, placid creeks, rustling leaves, still waters and swaying trees. Le’s practice follows the longstanding tradition of seeking enlightenment through the study of nature, evoking collective experiences of natural space with poetic movement, masterful palette knife technique and luminous impasto surfaces.

Sketching from photographs taken on his solitary walks, Le develops his compositions by drawing on deeply resonant …