The Ink Paintings of Jia Youfu

He started his artistic career through his pursuit of realism and the true essence of the beauty in his subjects. No matter consciously or unconsciously, he has succeeded in capturing a kind of abstract beauty in his works, or maybe we can say that he mastered the rules and rhythm which convey a sense of beauty, through his pictorial treatment

Jia Youfu's landscape paintings represent one of the most original and satisfying directions that 'traditional' painting is taking in china today.