Tao Bai

Lotus Pond in Spring, Oil Painting

2022

Artist Comments
Artist Tao Bai depicts a lotus pond in full bloom during the height of spring. The sunlight reveals a stunning ever-changing gradient of greens. Touches of pinks, purples, and yellows add rich accents to the verdant scene. A small bridge crosses the two banks, connecting lush woods featuring a variety of flourishing trees.

About the Artist
Artist Tao Bai expressively paints vibrant natural scenes and landscapes. "Painting is the best way for me to reconnect my inner soul with nature," shares Tao. Drawing inspiration from Monet, Gauguin, and Van Gogh, Tao refines his perception and techniques to capture our world's complex quality of light and color. He discovered painting in middle school and greatly admired 19th-century impressionism and post-impressionism. This led him to pursue formal art education at the School of Fine Arts at Nanjing Normal University, and after graduation, he worked in art design. Today, Tao paints full-time and brings out his curiosity, which urges him to find meaning in his surroundings. His home studio is a modest room in his daughter's house in Canada, decorated with abundant flowers that he plants himself. Being in tune with his creativity pleases and lets him forget about time and space. Outside the studio, he enjoys traveling, creating documentaries about artisans, and taking pictures of the outdoors.

Words that describe this painting: pond, reflection, foliage, plants, trees, bridge, leaves, painterly, Van Gogh, Monet, lotus, reflection, water, lake, impressionism, nature, oil painting, green

Lotus Pond in Spring
Tao Bai
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished white edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2022
16 in. h x 20 in. w x 1 in. d
1 lbs. 5 oz.