Splashed-color Landscape 1965

Chang Dai-chien made this ink painting with splashed colours, and what I really love is the way he lets the paint speak for itself. It's like he's in a conversation with the materials, a dance between intention and chance. I imagine him standing there, brush in hand, tilting the paper, allowing the ink to pool and flow, creating these amazing, almost accidental forms. The mountains emerge from the mist, not through careful delineation, but through the sheer force of colour and gravity. That splash of blue, right there, is so bold, so unexpected. I wonder if he knew exactly where it would land, or if he just let it happen? It's like a moment of pure intuition, a flash of inspiration that transforms the whole piece. And it reminds me that painting is a process of discovery, a journey into the unknown. Each artist is in conversation with those that came before, riffing off of one another's creative energy. So much of painting is about embracing that ambiguity and uncertainty.