Fortress Besieged

by Roxanne J.Y. Teng

“My works are all from the stories, dreams, and memories with the innermost authentic feelings of people. “Don't forget the kindness and peace in your heart, even if the world is full of malice.” Keep your gentleness, it is worth giving to your beloved ones. Struggles, fear, peace, love, disappointments, hope… Every life is a story, let me paint your life. Modern Soul Art integrates the Western impressionist art style and the modern line drawing method. It uses drawing instead of narrative, with abstract art skills, to render the emotions that people want to express. Soul Art is concerned widely when it just shows. Soul Artist Roxanne’s works have received special recognition in many International Art Exhibitions and auctions since 2012. “There are but two kinds of people in the world. If given a bunch of grapes, for example, one kind will eat the best ones first, while the other kind will leave the best for last. In principle, the first kind of person should be an optimist, since with each grape he eats he is eating the best of the remaining grapes, while the second kind should be a pessimist, since with each grape he eats he is eating the worst of the remaining grapes. But in actual fact, it's just the opposite, the reason being that the second kind of person still has hope while the first kind has only memories.” --- Fortress Besieged by Ch’ien Chung-Shu.”