{"id":2786,"date":"2014-03-10T12:27:11","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T02:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=2786"},"modified":"2014-03-10T12:27:11","modified_gmt":"2014-03-10T02:27:11","slug":"artchat-blog-interview-47-echo-chai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=2786","title":{"rendered":"ArtChat [Blog Interview #47] \u2013  Echo Chai"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a name=\"fb_share\" type=\"icon_link\" share_url=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=2786\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php\">Share<\/a><\/div><div><script src=\"http:\/\/static.ak.fbcdn.net\/connect.php\/js\/FB.Share\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div><p>Artchat recently caught up with <a title=\"Echo Chai\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/EchoChai2014.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Echo Chai<\/strong><\/a>, one of the artists featuring in our March exhibition, to learn a little more about them and their art.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Echo-Chai.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2814\" alt=\"Echo Chai\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Echo-Chai.png\" width=\"760\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Echo-Chai.png 760w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Echo-Chai-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>AC: Describe your art in a sentence.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>EC:<\/strong>\u00a0 Painting is another way to describe my story.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC: Who or what inspired you to become an artist?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>EC<\/strong>:\u00a0 My partner <a title=\"Fu Hong\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fuhongart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fu Hong<\/a>\u00a0 &amp; <a title=\"Van Gough\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vangoghgallery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Van Gough<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>AC:\u00a0 What is your favourite medium to paint in and why?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>EC:<\/strong> \u00a0Acrylic \/ similar like oil but dry faster, I can paint more layers to make colour more beautiful<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC:\u00a0 Has the direction of your paintings or perception developed and changed over time?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>EC:\u00a0<\/strong> From oil to acrylic, and, from <a title=\"Impressionism\" href=\"http:\/\/www.impressionism.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">impressionism<\/a> to <a title=\"modernism\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moma.org\/learn\/moma_learning\/themes\/what-is-modern-art\" target=\"_blank\">modernism<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Echo-Chai01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2815\" alt=\"Echo Chai\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Echo-Chai01.png\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Echo-Chai01.png 760w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Echo-Chai01-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><strong>AC:\u00a0 What inspires you to paint these particular scenes?<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>EC:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 When I was sent back home from 4 months chemo treatment of my leukaemia last year, I asked a friend driving me to see an exhibition in the city, and, the first time I noticed the sun was so bright, city was so colourful, people was so happy, as well the life and, especially, the nature. This is it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC: What do you like doing in your spare time?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>EC:\u00a0<\/strong> Writing &amp; publishing my <a title=\"e-magazine\" href=\"http:\/\/issuu.com\/echoart\" target=\"_blank\">e-magazine<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>AC: What music do you listen to while painting?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>EC<\/strong>:\u00a0 <a title=\"Jazz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jazzscene.com.au\/jazz_clubs_qld.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Jazz<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>AC: What is your favourite quote or saying?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>EC:<\/strong> Life is short, but art is in a long life, enjoy art.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Echo-Chai02.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2816\" alt=\"Echo Chai\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Echo-Chai02.png\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Echo-Chai02.png 760w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Echo-Chai02-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Red Hill Gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Red Hill Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=499790883388518\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=2786\" send=\"true\" layout=\"button_count\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"false\" width=\"150\" action=\"recommend\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" ref=\"AL2FB\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ShareArtchat recently caught up with Echo Chai, one of the artists featuring in our March exhibition, to learn a little more about them and their art. 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