This portrait shows the true artistic talent of Feng Wu Sui. In other of his portraits that we offer, in our gallery, his technique is bolder brushstrokes. Here, he uses a more realistic style for this true mandate of art: to capture a person's essence, in their portrait. Wind and frost is a Chinese expression that refers to the hardships of a journey or of one's life. Here, is an old man. He has been through good times, bad times, for a long time: he is a well-seasoned man. His teeth are crooked, his face is lined, and his smile is about his past, good and bad: slightly relieved, slight nervous, slightly fond. He has been through it all, and he has survived, and he can smile looking back on all that has happened by the time he has gotten to this point in his life. It is like a pictorial version of Frank Sinatra's song: My Way. And just as one's memories appear through the fog of time, this portrait is done with a brown-gold haze. It is contemporary commentary, complemented by the dark, shadowy realistic style of the old Dutch School. This portrait shows the true potential of Feng Wu Sui as an artist.
