陳鏡田：草 · 找回真我｜CHAN KENG TIN: FIND YOURSELF IN GRASS

每天都會經過草地的我們往往對其漠不關心。然而，當代水墨畫家陳鏡田以傳統水墨藝術勾勒出千姿百態的草，通過「艸艸—陳鏡田水墨展」來反映平凡生活。

Indifferent tends to be the attitude we feel when we pass by grass on a daily basis. However, contemporary ink painter Chan Keng Tin uses traditional ink art to outline various forms of grass, expressing the reflection of ordinary life through the “Infinity – Chan Keng Tin Ink Art Exhibition”.

陳氏以山水或白鹿作為主要題材。當他擴大畫布的比例時，他觀察到再正常不過的草能以各種姿態呈現，每株植物都描繪了屬於它們自己於微觀世界的不同故事。因此，他決心繼續他的創作，探索草無限的表達形式。每一顆小草，在密不可分的草叢中，都有著自己的思想。他們每個人都是自己的主角，象徵著無邊無際。

Chan used landscape or white deer as the main themes of his works. When he expanded the scale of his canvas, he made an observation that normal grass appears in various postures and that each plant depicts a different story which includes its own microscopic world. Therefore, he is determined to continue his creation and to explore the infinite expression of grass. Each small grass has its own train of thought in the inextricably intertwined grass clusters. Each of them is their own protagonist, the symbol of a boundless and ruleless existence.

他在《艸艸》中的創作主題聚焦於平凡的生命，每一株植物和每一棵樹都可以被看作是一幅風景畫。陳氏認為人類是易於同化和模仿的生物，然而，草的多面性可以幫助我們回歸自然，從中找回自己。

The theme of his creation in “Infinity” focuses on ordinary beings, every plant and tree can be seen as a landscape or a painting. Chan believes that humans are creatures of assimilation and imitation, however, the multi-faceted feature of grass portrayed can help us return to nature and find ourselves from within.