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After perfecting his artistic style for the last 30 years Master Wong is now exhibiting and selling his work, an artistic expression with spiritual resolve and self perfection, illustrating a Taoist artistic style which has inspired humanity over the last 1000 years, both culturally and spiritually, from the peak of the Tang Dynasty.
Master Wong expresses the interrelationship between Taoism and Buddhism’s thoughts and ways of seeing reality. Master Wong has intertwined his Yellow Dragon martial art with his creative philosophy. Master Wong aims to combine the best of Eastern and Western philosophy in his artwork.
One main technique, that accentuates his Taoist artistic style is the splash ink method, originated from Wang Qia, the Tang Dynasty. The paint is spontaneously and subtly controlled: understood by the Taoist as a hypnotic state that highlights momentary existence and non existence - expressing the sentiment of the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra that form is emptiness and emptiness is form, thus, depicting man’s relationship and interconnectedness with the cosmos.
Master Wong developed his talents as an artist, into the spiritual realm by developing as a Taoist Master. When Master Wong was a young artist he did not merely want to be an artist, but rather sought to develop a deeper state of consciousness from his life experiences, and so to create a deeper profundity in his artwork when returning to his practise.
“....spend ten years observing bamboo, become bamboo yourself, then forget everything and paint.” Martial arts, Taoism and Buddhist training for over 30 years has meant that Master Wong has come to the point of self realisation where he is satisfied to express himself as an artist.
Master Wong’s Taoist view integrates imagination with actuality through the most intangible forms, such as clouds, trees, mountains, mist, ocean, waves and formless scenes of nature. Through these forms the viewer can be inspired to unlock and open their mind
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Master Simon Wong was born in a small village outside Shenzhen in the Guangdong province in southern China. When he was only a few years old Master Simon Wong escaped from the People's Republic of China, with his family to live in Hong Kong during the Great Leap Forward. This was a time of great suffering for the Chinese people under an economic and social plan which aimed to use China's vast population to rapidly transform mainland China from a primarily agrarian economy dominated by peasant farmers into a modern, industrialized communist society. This era of change inspires his back to nature scenes and how pre-industrial landscapes felt.
This depravation in the early part of Master Simon Wong’s life motivated him to practice and perfect his martial arts to strengthen his poor health and artistically realize his full potential. Master Simon Wong started painting at 6 years old, regularly having his work displayed in school and winning competitions out of the whole school. At Art College Master Simon Wong trained in traditional oil painting and classical Chinese painting under Master Pang Jade-Sip who in turn trained under Master Jewe Siu-Ong who was the founder of the Southern Chinese painting style, turning professional after leaving college. Master Simon Wong sold paintings in Hong Kong prior to coming to England.
Master Simon Wong has been learning and developing his passion for Chinese Philosophy over 30 years and is now integrating this into his artwork. Master Simon Wong’s vibrant style comes from a deep spiritual tradition that evokes strong feelings of love and beauty and a sense of joy from nature. It is hard not to be inspired by the feelings that his paintings captivate and he truly believes in the artist’s duty to inspire the viewer. Re-emerging as an artist after spending so much time understanding compassion and wisdom gives Master Simon Wong a unique understanding and sensitivity to his art. Master Wong uses the colours popular in the Tang
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Master Simon Wong is a master of Tantric Buddhism, Tai Chi, Kung Fu, Chi Kung, Feng Shui and Chinese Astrology. Master Simon Wong is also a musician. His art work is hanging next to Damian Hirst and Bansky at the Wellington Club in Knightsbridge.
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