"Sailing Boat" by Ren Hui

Entitled “Sailing Boat,” this pointillist woodcut by renowned Chinese artist Ren Hui depicts a lone sailboat at sea within a network of small notches into painted plywood. Red Hui's career has been an evolution across material and method. He began as a poet and photographer, but soon began working with cut paper. Hui eventually put down his scissors and picked up a chisel, incising the world around him into wood. He claims, “whatever the medium, my works are uncomplicated and honest.” Full of bold colors and high-contrast imagery, Ren Hui's modern pointillism feels effortless and joyous.