| Bing He’s ancestral
home is the Shan Xi Province in China. He was born in 1943 in Le Shan,
Si Chuan Province and is a member of the ‘Traditional Chinese Painting
Art Committee’ of the Chinese Artists’ Association and a
‘Secondary Master of National Fine Art’. As a young child, Bing lived for many years in Beipei by the Jialing River in China. During his childhood Bing became aware of his affinity with the mysteries of the Earth and all that nature has to offer. Bing’s personal attitude to his work is one where ‘nature not only provides the artist with relevant subjects, but edifies their art style with its temperament’. In 1960 as a recruit of the Tibetan Army Unit, Bing arrived to what he described as ‘the snow covered plateau from the heavenly land’. It was here in Tibet, his second home, that Bing began to realise an artistic destiny that was unlike his fine arts academy counterparts back in China. In fact, Bing was to become a leading artist in the Tibetan Military Section Art Group while he was a soldier in the Liberation Army. He was a participant and witness to the "Revolution and Construction" in Tibet and what he experienced during this time shaped not only his artist endeavour, but also his character. His response to Tibetan culture and his interaction with everyday people was deeply felt. He gave away most of the financial subsidies he received for his art and his paintings from this period attempt to capture not only the ’glory, solemnity and loftiness’ of the natural landscape, but also his emotional attachment to the human face of Tibet’s unrest. Bing’s artwork (over a span of 40 years) still continues to depict the peace and perils of nature and mankind. As well, he beautifully captures the portraits of many of the characters that have crossed his path on his life’s artistic journey. Exhibiting nationally and internationally, Bing has now settled in Bundeena and, as recently as March 2005, he has joined The Bundeena-Maianbar Art Trail where he is continuing to paint the many contradictions he finds in nature in Australia. |
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Elegance of Autumn
oil on canvas
150cm x 150cm
New Town Railway Station
oil on canvas
65cm x 80cm
Pelican Meeting
oil on canvas
65cm x 80cm
Image in portrait banner
right: Cliff of Bundeena
oil on canvas
50cm x 60cm