Art Work - Love Artist：Gloria Hsu Art Work：Love Size： 77cm x 77 cm (With Frame) Material：Leather

The “Love” of Chinese originated from associative compounds of Chinese characters, which means love is a feeling of the heart. In addition, the “Love” of Chinese word is also like the shape of giving a heart by hands, which makes a metaphor that love must be transmitted. People all desire love; parental love nourishes our growth, friends’ love is like an additive to enrich our life, and the lover is like a colorant to develop our life.


This artistic work uses the skills of leather carving and color drawing. The main pattern is the water lily. Its name in Chinese character is one kind of lotus. Thus, Chinese regards it as lotus. The lotus is also regarded as a paradise where the soul starts by eastern people and is a symbol of noble characters. Chinese poets praised lotus because it stems from mud but is not defiled. People use lotus to express Chinese gentleman with the holy image and a symbol of pure love between lovers. In addition, ancient Chinese often use the lotus in traditional design with a good wish because the Chinese word “lotus” sounds like the word “continuous”.


The artistic work with water ripples as a background use lotuses to form a Chinese word “love”, which expresses that love must be freedom and love must be nature. Through beauty and meanings of love in this artistic work, the artist would like to emphasize that take things as they come is the best way of enjoying love.