Haiwang,with butch haircut, is the most impressive artist I have ever met.Although he isn't so tall, he looks full of power. With a simple and honest smile, he shows a qualities of simple and unadorned, which is a special qualities derive from the Loess Plate in the west of China. Apart from that, he never loses the original unruliness which is the qualities I appreciate most. It seems that the dogma of civilization can never expect to domestication such "wild man". He is so low profile that I can't see the showy appearance as other artists always have. Though I didn't know well about his paintings at the first sight, I could determine that he is a man doing meaningful and useful things.

　　I always thirst for such kind of paintings: although they are painted under the restrictions of strict order, the passion,the wildness and even the violence never stop rising to be showed ,and, what's more the paintings don't look so showy or exaggerative.Different from the stiff appearance cause by the consummate painting skills and without directly exposure or outwardly portray, Haiwang's paintings can bring you to touch the indomitable life and to feel the strong will and desire. I my opinion, that special spirit of artworks can not be create only by consummate skills or even the talent of the artist but also by the deepest secret of humanity that is the fighting between the free life and the strict orders. Only by such inside fightings,the artist can expose the tension, the thickness and the weight of life. There is no doubt that only those artists who born to get the gift of god, can express such soul of life. The obvious characteristics of these works is that they represent the whole personality of the artists!

　　In such an impetuous society in China，most of the works don't relate to the painters' real personalities.They just paint the pictures as applying a formula, think as simple as a child, and result in some plain and rigid conceptions. The lively personalities which may be full of experiences are hidden, I don't think that can be called art.

　　I was attracted by Haiwang's albums at the first sight. The works are powerful, unadorned, and freely painted as violent storm. Although, he wields the painting brushes without too much thinking, he can control the brushes properly and make the paintings look dignified and implicit. They are really a perfect combination of talent and passion and bush some original feelings to you as if you can feel the power of the paintings. Except those paintings which are some abstract bodies of women and some impromptu works, all of the other paintings are those I have thirsted for a long time.They unfold the replete life vividly and are full of touching sincereness. It was really a feast for eyes. I couldn't speak out any word after I saw them and just went to find my cigarette. Especially when I saw the two of the paintings of women bodies, I was totally touched as if got an electric shock and my tears could not stop shedding. I seemed to see such a scene: A giant black bear moves forward the forest where there is full of thorns, and also a mysterious spring. There is a feeling of tremble and giddiness that can't be described and shared. And that bear is as the wild Haiwang himself. His paintings are as straightforward and enthusiastic as himself. No modification, no dogmas(but well controlled) and no the so-called artistic tongue or the fashion tongue, Haiwang is like a vital creature grow in a wild but fertile land which has never been invaded by the civilization.

　　I can still remember a small painting. The tone of that paint is extremely dark, however, you can see an eye-catching white piece in the right corner, which is not the subject of the painting.Certainly, that white piece will deflect the point of sight, so you can see how complex, risky and ingenious the composition of that painting will be. I just saw such composition in one of Peiermeike's paintings. It can be sure that Haiwang's ability doesn't just limit to his feeling and passion and that he also has the ability to deliberate rationally. However, there is no doubt that he is expert in the former.

　　Once, I had the honor to watch Haiwang painting pictures. The man who always speak a lot with a big voice seems to change into another man as soon as he sit before the easel. He stared at the white canvas with ecstasy silently as if he was accumulating the energy and waited to erupt instantaneously. Unexpectedly, he wielded the brush, concentrated his energy on the brush and forgot the world around him(off course, including me). Interestingly, I have seen lots of painters painting, including my husband, but only when I see Haiwang painting, will my blood boils with indignation. I seem to become a high pressure tank and itch to wield the brush to release my pressure. If there is no brush and canvas, it should be a horrible suffering.

　　That mysterious feeling comes only when I resonate with those fearless "maniacs" such as Suetin, Van Gogh, Beethoven, Dostoevsky, Nietzsche. According to that unforgettable experience, I am sure that Haiwang has the same kind of DNA as those "maniacs" though they are not in the same culture background. That is a terrific inborn gift, once if the artist had the gift, he would has endless inspirations and energy to create fantastic works, so you can see how bright his future would be! Once I joked that if Haiwang was a car, the motor would be strong enough for him to reach a magnificent level.

　　Since he moves to Beijing, I haven't seen him and his works for years. I am wondering whether he has been infected by the popular culture in the "Big Beijing"as most of the artists do. However, according to his keen intuition and deep comprehension of art, his enthusiasm for art and insistence on the truth, I believe that Haiwang disdains being a popular favorites who have to pander to popular tastes and waste his talent. I deeply hope that when we meet again, he still has the original vitality as before, to touch us, make us appreciate, bring us hope and shock my soul.

Zhaoqing

2010.11.19