大河
2013
美國佛蒙特藝術村駐村創作
《大河》系列創作於北美佛蒙特藝術村，是一組具有時間性與動態感的繪畫作品。2013年3月，我前往美國佛蒙特州（Vermont, USA）展開為期兩個月的駐村生活。初到時，我對河流並無特別想像，然而村中那條河卻開啟了我對「聲音記憶」的全新感知。
那是我第一次在國外參與駐村計畫，兩個月的日子裡，冰雪覆地，萬籟俱寂，整個世界彷彿被白色吞沒。唯一擁有聲響與生命力的，是流經藝術村的那條河——Gihon River。她穿過駐村的工作室、住宿與活動空間之間，是日常往返中必經的一道橋下之水。
從河面冰封、狗兒在結冰的河床上奔跑的冬日風景，到某個春夜，冰塊崩裂、彼此撞擊，夾帶著河水發出震耳欲聾的聲響，這條河不斷變化著、喚醒著、流動著。在駐村的日子裡，我每日從橋上俯視這條河，觀察她的變化，並以繪畫的方式記錄她從沉寂冬眠中甦醒的過程。
這系列作品聚焦於這條橋下的河流，描繪她從冬末冰封到早春融解的流轉變化。以巨大的冰塊為視覺造型，描寫其逐漸化為水的過程，展現節氣推移中那股無形卻強烈的自然力量。在無色無形裡感受到一股看不見的力量使這條河由靜轉動，復死再生。
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The River
Artist residency in Vermont Studio Center, USA, 2013
This River is a series of paintings created during my residency at the Vermont Studio Center in the United States. These works embody both a sense of time and dynamic movement. In March 2013, I spent two months living and working in Vermont, marking my first artist residency abroad.
At first, I had no particular expectations of the river, but it soon sparked my imagination and awakened a new kind of "sonic memory." During those two months, the world was blanketed in snow and ice—cold, still, and overwhelmingly white. The only sound, the only presence that felt alive, came from the Gihon River, which flowed through the village.
The river ran beneath a small bridge connecting the studios, residences, and communal spaces of the residency. It was a path I crossed daily. In late winter, the river was frozen, and I watched dogs run freely across its icy surface. Then one night, as spring arrived, the ice cracked and collided with thunderous force, breaking apart and carrying rushing water through the silence. The Gihon River stirred, awakened, and flowed with renewed vitality.
Each day, I stood on the bridge and observed the river from above, recording its changes through painting. This series captures the transformation of the river beneath that bridge—from solid ice in the depths of winter to the flowing waters of early spring. Using large, block-like forms of ice as a visual motif, I depicted their gradual dissolution into water, conveying the invisible but powerful natural forces that accompany seasonal transitions. In these shifting states—formless yet forceful—the river becomes a metaphor for motion, for rebirth, for the silent pulse of life returning.
The River -1
2013
268x140 cm, oil on canvas
Private collect
The River -1 detail
Spring
2013
232x115 cm, oil on canvas
Taiwan Art Bank collect
