Kathleen Gillis
Acrylic on Canvas 油彩.畫布
32”x 57.5” 英寸 2004
This painting illustrates the artist’s personal experience. When China’s former leader, Jiang Zemin, visited Houston, Texas in October 2002, thousands of Falun Gong practitioners went there to appeal for an end to the persecution. During their appeal, practitioners withstood several days of severe cold weather and heavy rains. The practitioners refused to be affected by the weather, and stood their ground. Finally, the storm cleared and a huge rainbow appeared in the sky. This painting captures that moment.
2002年10月23日,迫害法輪功的元凶江澤民到了休斯頓,全球數千名法輪功學員聚集在它住的旅館外和平請願,要求停止中國正在發生的殘酷鎮壓。那幾日,暴雨寒風交集,而法輪功學員在暴雨中靜靜佇立,意志堅定,令天地動容。有一刻,突然風停雨住,一道彩虹出現在天空。畫家用強烈的色彩導引記載了這一特殊的時刻:畫面中的天上,雲層裡激盪著一場即將又要開始的正邪大戰,空中有神兵降臨。