Billy Chan
Mr Chan was born in Hong Kong in 1940. He was a student of the Cantonese great painter, Master Chiu Siu Neong. At the age of mid twenties, he had his first personal art exhibition. His artwork was well recognised and appreciated. Later, he became a student of Master Dang Fan to further his learning in Chinese painting. During the 1950's, he accompanied Master Dang and Master Lou Suk Zhung visited artists and scholars within Hong Kong and Macau to expand his understanding of Chinese arts and culture. In the 1960's, he toured around European countries such as England, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands to study painting. He then established the Village Painting Association of Hong Kong with Szeto Kei and Paul Hugh. In the 1970's, he migrated to Australia and has been invited to lecture in the Korean Lady's University as well as in the New York St. John University.
The early stage of Mr Chan's painting was heavily influenced by the style of his teacher, Master Dang. However, he innovated to develop his own style. For the performance of calligraphy, he had learnt the best from the other styles to enrich his world of arts. In short, he learnt from ancient schools and contemporary artists to evolve his own expression of Chinese arts.
Mr Chan puts a lot of attention in how to use lines and texture to create and integrate in order to show his feeling of arts. Through his extensive experience of drawing and observations, he manages to use different methods to express the meaning of abstract and the real world. He has mastered the use of colour and the special effect of watering in paintings. His masterpieces are lively and abundant in feeling. His painting shows his great talent in Chinese arts and skills.
Phone: (02) 6241 6996
陈丙光先生字守仁，号友篪，别署退之，戌寅虎年出生与香港，原籍广东东莞，幼从五伯父石如公习书法、读古文。中学毕业后曾于香港追随赵少昂习画。弱冠之年举行个人画展时，崭露头角，嗣后师事邓芬。五十年代时，陈丙光经常随邓芬、罗叔重等人足履港澳各地，与当地文化界交流，眼界开阔。六十年代后，陈丙光先生开始游历英、法、意大利、瑞士、德国、比利时和荷兰研究绘画。七十年代移居澳洲。
陈丙光先生的画很注重绘画创作的质感与线条的整合和整体格调，他的作品同时注重了国画中骨法用笔的宗旨，不因循古人；在传统技法中，致力引入新境界。在形象的取舍方面，透过大量对实物的写生与观察，陈丙光著意于对物象神采的把握，形神融聚，阐释其最典型的一面。作品不但蕴含了情感的律动，更将内心情绪藉独特的形式进行意象的表现，以用笔泼辣且节奏明快见称。其章法在舒展聚散中见规矩，注意位置经营，时有特殊佳构。最难得的是在用色和用水上，可谓艳而不俗，醇而不滞。他所绘的画干净利索，从不留稿；随手创作，故此酣畅淋漓，挥洒自如，匠心独运，趣味盎然。
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