In "Watermelon with Knife", Wang uses the still-life subjects to explore formal qualities of painting: color, line, shape, light, composition, and texture. Like the objects themselves, his paintings are wonderfully layered. Jian Wang has the unique ability to use paint in unexpected ways to recreate the look and feel of the substance it depicts. In "Watermelon with Knife", the artist paints the objects with thick, heavy strokes to produce texture, and as a result, transforms the oil paint into a dense and buttery feast for the eyes.

For over 20 years Jian Wang has been serving bountiful helpings of color to audiences in the form of landscapes and still lifes rendered in vibrant oil paint. Deep orange, emerald green, and luscious lavender suffuse his sumptuous works, inviting us to revel in the inspirational beauty around us.