Suburban Afterglow (Framed)

This painting captures a quiet Sydney suburban street in the final light of a winter afternoon. As the setting sun casts long, slanting rays across the landscape, light and shadow transform the familiar surroundings into a scene of unexpected richness and drama. The eucalyptus trees, houses and winding road are brought together through expressive blocks of colour and energetic palette-knife marks. Cool violets and blues contrast with warm ochres, pinks and earthy reds, reflecting the changing atmosphere of the late afternoon. The solitary car travelling into the distance adds a subtle sense of movement, inviting the viewer into this fleeting moment of suburban life.

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Fangmin Wu is an award-winning artist based in Sydney whose paintings have been exhibited nationally, as well as in South Korea, New Zealand and China. Painting and drawing was his passion from an early age, He won his first art prize in provincial youth art competition in 1981, he was selected to be included in “A Great Biographic Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese Artists”. He engaged in printmaking during his early life in China, and has won numerous art prizes. He began his solo art exhibition in 1997 after graduating from Sydney College of Arts with Honours Degree in Visual Arts. In recent years, his works have been selected for several major art exhibitions both in Australia and internationally, including: “Coming Home” Beijing art exhibition, Blake Art Prize, St. George Art Prize, Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize, Waverley Art Prize, Fishers Ghost Art Award, First Chinese artistic achievement art exhibition, Clifton Art prize and Miradas international Art Prize. In 2018 he received highly commended prize at Bayside Art prize. In 2020 he won the first prize in drawing at the Liverpool art prize. In 2022 he won Werriwa Art Prize and the winner of Immunisation Coalition Art Prize .
In 2023, His work “Archie Roach”won a overall winner prize in 25th Liverpool art Exhibition. He has also been selected as a Bluethumb’s Top 10 Landscape Artists of 2023.

Fangmin's artistic creation is extensive, pays attention to international current affairs and reflects on social problems. Another of his interests is his landscape paintings. Australian countryside, the farms and villages are often the source of inspiration for his creations. He hope that his landscape paintings are not a simple copy of nature, they should be works with passion and personality, and bring a new and different world to the viewer. Fangmin's works are held in private and public collections in Australia, USA, UK, Brunei and China which including Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre and Australian National Gallery.