Essays
Yi Bai keeps a chronicle of his own work: how a stain of black comes to be, why the boat disappeared from the fishing nets, what a month spent painting the Loire changes in a practice. Original texts in Chinese, translated here into English.
Creating Purely in Line
纯粹用线条创作
24 April 2026
April Reflections
四月随想
22 April 2026
The Birth of a Fishing-Net Painting
一幅渔网作品的诞生
13 February 2026
The Hopes of Creation
创作的期望
2 January 2026
The Birth of a ‘Black’
一块“黑”的诞生
2025
The Making of a ‘Black’ Landscape
一幅“黑”风景作品的创作始末
2025
A Few Hopes for My Ink Painting
对自己水墨创作的几点期许（畅想）
16 October 2025
Three Reflections on Chan
关于禅的三点体会
9 October 2025
Reflections on Making a Painting Devoted to Leaves
一幅关于树叶作品的创作心得
September 2025
The Evolving Path of the Fishing-Net Paintings
渔网创作的变化轨迹
16 September 2025
The Making of a Body Painting
一幅人体创作的过程
16 September 2025
An Experiment in Applying Zones of ‘Black’ to Painting from Life
把“黑”色块运用到写生中去的实验
13 September 2025
Reflections on a Painting Made from Life in Hunan
记一幅湖南写生的作品有感
September 2025
The Birth of a Successful Painting from Life
一幅成功写生作品的产生
September 2025
Reflections on Creation
创作有感
2024
Postscript to the Free Painting The Donor Bodhisattva of Dunhuang Cave 248
戏画《敦煌248窟供养菩萨》后记
2021