“The Landscape is an inner one, a spiritual and conceptual space.”

Classical Chinese paintings differ from the Western paintings. The Western artist reproduces a realistic picture of what he sees. He expects the viewer to see it as he sees it. But the Chinese painter does not reproduces the real scene. He visualises it in his own way. He paints a picture for the viewer and expects him to try to understand the spirit. Landscape was his concept. It was his vision of it. He put that vision on the canvas.