Individual Is Just the World: Analysis On Li Yumin’s Oil Paintings

Article / Xian Yu

 Li Yumin’s oil paintings look simple but conceal abundant thoughts under the calm appearance. Compared with complicate social and academic identities, this may be a pure land he leaves for himself. Self-relief and meditation are more reflected through the his free-style but still elegant paintings. For him, individual is just the world. He talked in a letter to his friend, “I often paint for myself…painting makes me feel comfortable. My mood will be changed when I paint. Then when I return to reality and daily life, I will become easier and more calm! ” 

 Li Yumin’s is quite proficient in oil painting language , attributed to specialized training in Academic painting in his early years, unceasing practice in oil painting creation, his profound study on fine arts as well as his personal temperament and cultivation. His oil paintings are refreshing and free from vulgarity. Such nobleness makes his oil paintings distinct from the “noisy” mainstream.