2017 · Oil on canvas · 45 × 56 cm
Sydney Morning Series
Oil Painting · Sunrise · Light · Changing Skies
INSPIRED BY CREATION, CELEBRATING LIFE
Sydney Morning No. 2 belongs to Jingmin Ren’s Sydney Morning Series, a body of oil paintings developed through nearly three years of sustained observation and photography of Sydney’s sunrises.
During this period, Ren observed the sky as a continually changing field of light, colour and atmosphere. These daily encounters deepened her connection with creation and became the foundation for paintings exploring renewal, spiritual energy and the emotional experience of the natural world.
In Sydney Morning No. 2, a luminous band of yellow light emerges beneath sweeping layers of blue, violet, red and gold. The broad horizontal composition captures the transition between darkness and illumination, while the movement of the clouds conveys both atmospheric change and an inner sense of awakening.
Rather than depicting a single sunrise as a fixed scene, the painting brings together observed light, memory and emotional response. Its shifting colours suggest the energy of a new day unfolding—quietly, gradually and with a sense of possibility.
The Sydney Morning Series received the International Outstanding Female Artist Award at the Third International Painting Festival of Hawaii in 2017. Jingmin Ren attended as an honoured guest at the International Convention Art Exhibition Centre in Hawaii, where the recognition was presented by Hawaii State House Representative Calvin K. Y. Say.
More than a record of the Sydney sky, the series is a continuing meditation on light, time, creation and the renewal offered by each new day.
2017 · Oil on canvas · 45 × 56 cm
Sydney Morning Series
Oil Painting · Sunrise · Light · Changing Skies
INSPIRED BY CREATION, CELEBRATING LIFE
Sydney Morning No. 2 belongs to Jingmin Ren’s Sydney Morning Series, a body of oil paintings developed through nearly three years of sustained observation and photography of Sydney’s sunrises.
During this period, Ren observed the sky as a continually changing field of light, colour and atmosphere. These daily encounters deepened her connection with creation and became the foundation for paintings exploring renewal, spiritual energy and the emotional experience of the natural world.
In Sydney Morning No. 2, a luminous band of yellow light emerges beneath sweeping layers of blue, violet, red and gold. The broad horizontal composition captures the transition between darkness and illumination, while the movement of the clouds conveys both atmospheric change and an inner sense of awakening.
Rather than depicting a single sunrise as a fixed scene, the painting brings together observed light, memory and emotional response. Its shifting colours suggest the energy of a new day unfolding—quietly, gradually and with a sense of possibility.
The Sydney Morning Series received the International Outstanding Female Artist Award at the Third International Painting Festival of Hawaii in 2017. Jingmin Ren attended as an honoured guest at the International Convention Art Exhibition Centre in Hawaii, where the recognition was presented by Hawaii State House Representative Calvin K. Y. Say.
More than a record of the Sydney sky, the series is a continuing meditation on light, time, creation and the renewal offered by each new day.
