2017 · Oil on canvas · 45 × 56 cm
Sydney Morning Series
Oil Painting · Sunrise · Light · Changing Skies
Sydney Morning No. 6 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. 6, luminous colour and shifting clouds evoke the moment when darkness gives way to morning light. Rather than documenting a single sunrise as a fixed scene, the painting brings together observation, memory and emotional response, conveying the serenity, vitality and sense of possibility carried by each new day.
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 quiet renewal offered by each new day.
2017 · Oil on canvas · 45 × 56 cm
Sydney Morning Series
Oil Painting · Sunrise · Light · Changing Skies
Sydney Morning No. 6 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. 6, luminous colour and shifting clouds evoke the moment when darkness gives way to morning light. Rather than documenting a single sunrise as a fixed scene, the painting brings together observation, memory and emotional response, conveying the serenity, vitality and sense of possibility carried by each new day.
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 quiet renewal offered by each new day.
