"The artist absorbs what he sees in nature and refines it in his mind, and it is the power of the artist's imagination, his sensitivity and his inner character that is revealed on the canvas. This is where the concepts of Chinese painting and abstract painting come together very clearly."
A major figure in the Nouvelle École de Paris, Chu Teh-Chun marries the Chinese art of the brush with the principles of lyrical abstraction. His paintings are true landscapes of the soul, bursting with color, light, and strength. Chu Teh Chun's abstraction is characterized by the free rein given to his emotions; it emerges from a pictorial synthesis of past and present, form and non-form, the imaginary and the actual. The artist gracefully pushes the boundaries of the real and the unreal, indulgently reconciling painting, music, and poetry.