月出东山——陈玉圃先生与桂林山水

The Moon Rising From Behind the East Mountain:Mr. Chen Yupu and Guilin Landscape

桂林山水以秀润著称,陈玉圃先生所画的桂林山水皆隐形出神,孤峰、虬树、洞府、云烟、扁舟、高士、仙鹤、溪流等等是他笔下常见之景,这些景物恰恰是桂林山水特有的基本元素和构成桂林山水文化特质的主体。形乃神之迹,一个人修行有多高,他的作品一定会透露出其心灵深处的信息,外于相离相、内于空离空是陈玉圃先生书写桂林山水的境界,如月之皎皎出东山,照见桂林山水最真实的表情。由他桂林山水作品可见,自然当是其修行的境界。

Guilin landscape is well known for its gracefulness and smoothness.Mr.Chen Yupu’s paintings of Guilin landscape are all lifelike more in spirit than in form.The common scenes in his paintings include isolated peaks,twisted trees,caves for immortals,cloud and mist,small boats,noble men,cranes and streams,etc.,which are exactly the basic elements of Guilin landscape,and the main body of the cultural traits of Guilin landscape.Form is the manifestation of spirit.The art works of a person with noble spirit will necessarily reveal the information at the bottom of his heart.“Sticking to neither external nor internal phenomena”can be used to characterize the realm of Mr.Chen Yupu’s paintings depicting Guilin landscape,which,like the bright moon rising from behind the East Mountain,reveal the truest essence of Guilin landscape.It naturally can be seen in his works of Guilin landscape what extent he has reached in his self cultivation.