Soul Painter

Coloring the two elk cat portraits belonging to Gao Fan and Monet is destined to be a long process.

Gao Fan estimated that it would take about two months.

But as Anna's understanding of ‘distortion’ deepens, the process may be faster.

In the days that followed, Anna not only became more and more exquisite in her painting skills of the Demon School, but also had subtle changes in her personality.

She became more focused and religious, and her expression often had a sense of sacredness similar to that of a nun.

The scene in Anna's painting is very strange. It is obviously a demon that can confuse the human five senses and make humans fall into the worship of gods. But her cautious and chaste expression seems to be exercising God's The will, of course, the "God" here does not refer to the noble cat.

God has a very leisurely life in Provence. This is probably the most leisurely day since it was born. Whether it was a high-level pursuit of skills, a tour of the great rivers and mountains in the country, or the strange experience in London afterwards, or the desert of Egypt OK, it can be said to be full of twists and turns, with constant surprises.

And from October in Provence until January of the following year, God spent three months of comfort and ease. The old butler knew that Gao Fan valued God very much and gave it the treatment of VIPs. There were special servants to take care of it for three months. After that, God made a full circle, with smooth fur, and acted astutely and dexterously, like a little black leopard covered in silk and satin.

this day.

God, who was lying on the windowsill, wagging his tail lazily, looking at the scenery outside the manor, suddenly stood up and ‘meowed’ the sky with curiosity.

Then it pounced on the withered lavender field, stood up, leaned into the air, waved its paws, fiddled with the white gadgets falling from the sky, but when the paws touched them, they disappeared. God played amusement, and began to wave and jump in the flower field.

This is the first time God saw snow.

Gao Fan also saw the snow falling outside the church window.

Snowing.

Snow in Provence is rare.

Gao Fan climbed down the scaffolding and stood at the door of the church. He put his hands in his sleeves like an old farmer, and let his hands that became dry and cold because of contact with the paint get some warmth. Since he started coloring the moose cat, he The hair, face, and body are all painted, and it has never been cleaned.

Although there are caring and whole-process services from the old housekeeper, such as hair cutting, massage, SPA, etc., all the facilities in this manor are complete, but Gao Fan has no time to clean up his appearance, that is not important, in this church In this studio, even if he looks like a beggar, he is also the most anticipated God of Creation, although there are not many people here.

Anna quietly appeared behind Gao Fan, staring at Gao Fan with the same gaze as looking up at God.

"Gao, we are about to finish these two great paintings, what are we going to do next?" she asked softly.

"Of course it is to shovel them." Gao Fan said.

Shovel...The word made Anna a heartfelt sadness and pride of martyrdom.

She turned her head to look at the "Moose Cat" that stood opposite each other on the east and west walls of the church.

Although the author of the picture on the left is her, her soul is given by Gao Fan.

He in the portrait seems to rise among the fantasy and colorful clouds. The colors that make up him are so wonderful that when people see him, they will hear the music that represents everything in the world. In that music, The magnificent is like the beginning of the abyss, the subtle is like a deep stream in the mountains, the light is like a breeze on a branch, and the heavy is like the sun setting. This is a picture that allows the viewer to ignore all techniques and vision and be directly hit by the soul. A great work, if there is a god, it should be like a god.

But only his eyes are still blank, which makes the portrait lack of soul.

On the right side of the picture, God is in another form. He sits in it, looking up to the beginning, stepping on all directions, remaining in the long river of time, and the viewer can see the flow of time sequence from it, staring at him. , He sometimes sits in the dawn to set sail for all things, sometimes sits in the twilight, waiting for the end of everything, and sometimes between the beginning and the end of the world, this is a work that records the deeds of God, if There is a God, this is the footprint of God in the world.

Similarly, this painting does not have eyes.

Anna didn't know why Gao Fan didn't draw eyes for these two paintings. Maybe even Gao Fan himself would not be willing to destroy them if he painted eyes.

"What about after shoveling? Are we going to start real creation?" Anna asked.

This question is not only being asked by Anna, but all SUNCLUB members who have been watching Gao Fan’s creative process through video surveillance in the past three months are also asking. Everyone is waiting for Gao Fan’s answer with bated breath, as if Gao Fan is The benefactor who can decide their life.

If there were doubts about Gao Fan before, then now, when the two elk cat portraits are about to be completed, or that they can be completed only by drawing the eyes, there is no doubt.

The representative of SUNCLUB, George Baselitz, has proved through personal experience that Gao Fan has the ability to portray the appearance of God for SUNCLUB. Because of the secular work of George Baselitz, he had to When he left, he already regarded this unnamed manor as a place of pilgrimage. He said that as long as the painting is completed and personally to this point, we will surely be able to see the face of God once again.

So far, no one has doubted the possibility of Gao Fan completing this work.

But the question is, when will it be completed?

"Don't worry." Gao Fan smiled and looked at Anna. His gaze made Anna tremble, because she felt that Gao Fan seemed to be able to see through all the fragility and strength of her heart from another perspective.

"It's been two months, let's take a vacation first." Gao Fan said to Anna, "It is said that there is a special hot spring bathroom in this manor, and a private maid can make a SPA for you. Go, relax and pick up Your work tasks are not that onerous."

Anna is puzzled though.

But Gao Fan has taken the lead out of the church and towards the manor.

They only left behind what they took nearly three months to complete, and only the last stroke would be able to draw a perfect image of the gods.

I left a note because Gao Fan felt that "The Portrait of Elk Cat" should not be completed at this time, using this kind of study method. Although the evaluation of the two portraits in the system is not low, Gao Fan believes that he has something better. The completion method.

After these three months of learning about Monet’s soul, the three basic values ​​of Gao Fan’s painters have all been greatly improved by about ten points, and the "distortion" has been further improved, allowing it to reach a skill value of 10 points. , This is very important, but it is not so important, compared to the other gains, it is not so important.

Gao Fan felt that he was about to acquire the second master skill.

One is nourished by Monet's ‘micro’ skills, but belongs to Gao Fan’s own master skills.