"Thank you for your insights. Your painting technique is very rare and special. Please continue to follow your own path. It's not that oil painting is bad, but in the monotonous international painting market, if a painter loses their national characteristics, it becomes even harder to stand out. Combining Eastern art with Western flair, imitating Lang Shining is a good start. Perhaps consider participating in some Asian exhibitions—"
Miss Elina scrolled through the message records, still offering her advice with the professional keen eye of a former visual arts editor at Oil Painting Magazine.
Disappointment isn't really this old man named Gu Tongxiang's fault.
The direction of his work is still worth encouraging.
To attract the attention of a first-class Grand Gallery like Ma Shi Gallery from a small place like Myanmar certainly encapsulates decades of effort for this elderly man in his sixties.
"—I am willing to follow your work long-term," she replied.
