I read Yanf Yanlai

                  Why Mrs.Yang Yanlai has been so eye-catching? First of all, she opened a new realm in term of landscape 
                  painting. Most of he landscape  paintings  focus on pure blue.In her inner mind,she doesn't care the repro-
                  duction of an individual hill,rock,tree and scene,etc;what she pursure is the integration of affection and 
                  temperament in her  soul.In her eyes,the purpose of art doesn't rest with images and skills,but lies in the 
                  real beauty combining sincere emotion;her modeling,her painting structure are all the natural and not the
                  artificial  betray of her emotion; her paintings are like clear springs in the hills and the flowing clouds in blue
                  sky with no starting point and no destinatio.
                  In the  present painting world,it is fashionable to seek novelty and transformation;for this sake,some learn 
                  from the west and some from the flok.Mrs.Yang learns from the both,she attaches equal importance to both
                  the traditional and modern,the east and the west;she has no bias to either;willful choice, widespread abso-
                  rption and free application constitute her life of art.In fact,as a person of art,only a few could find his or her 
                  shadow of personality in the art  history,such as Mr.Su Dongpo,Mr.Xin Jiaqian and Mrs.Li Qingzhao(all were
                  famous poets in Chinese history),and Mrs.Yang maybe one of the few;she began to learn painting at 5 year-
                  s'old,later she focused her painting studies in China Central Fine Art Institutefor 4 years.She is naturally 
                 fond of celadon,she has collected lots of celadon albums and bought lots of celadon wares;she never
                 changes her original intention and has accumulated piles of her copy drawings.It is most essential to grasp 
                 one's own artistic personality;without personality,no true art can be achieved;with personality,plus diligen-
                 es,one can be able to develop his or her ability to the full on the road of art creation. 


                                                                                                                                                                                                  ——Art world