Beneath the expansive firmament, hope and belief will always fuel humanity in times of need and hardship. For as long as life is, there is a future for all. We present Cen Long’s newest work,Beneath the Stars,in this exhibition, and we hope to have the honor of inviting you to our show!

I hope to create an atmosphere both divine and approachable by combining Cen Long’s artwork and the solemn environment of the church. His paintings, like the glistening constellations in the night sky, deliver hope and love to us, and purify our hearts.

Now at the age of sixty, Cen is still actively developing as an artist, continually incorporating his ideas, philosophies, and experiences into the substructure of his painting. I am truly impressed by Cen’s relentless drive to perfect his art, which incidentally reminds me of a passage in Jean-Christophe—“Most men die at twenty or thirty; thereafter they are only reflections of themselves: for the rest of their lives they are aping themselves, repeating from day to day more and more mechanically and affectedly what they said and did and thought and loved when they were alive.” Cen refuses to rest on laurels and wallow in old achievements, rather, he is an artist who embraces the boldness of the present and the hope of the future.