Artist Blog: Chen Yingjie (Hua Tunan)

Chen Yingjie, also known as Hua Tunan, is a Chinese street artist. Living in the coastal city of Foshan, his unique street art style comes from his training in classical Chinese and illustration. He often explores new ways to combine Western graffiti styles with traditional Chinese methods and elements including ink painting, drum rhythms and a variety of cultural symbols. I like this artist because of the rhythm of his paint; it's like paint bouncing from drums but onto paper. The splatters of paint makes the subject seem alive and sharp with attitude. The strokes of his paint reveals a certain attitude within each of his pieces (very cool).