Poetry & Painting Bound by Affection is a bilingual artistic collection that weaves together painting, poetry, and reflections on life into a unified creative experience. Through a rich selection of original artworks-including olive trees, orchids, roses, lotus flowers, fruits, and seasonal landscapes-the book explores the subtle beauty of nature, memory, emotion, and everyday life.
Each painting serves not only as a visual composition, but also as an extension of lived experience and emotional reflection. Accompanied by lyrical and meditative writing, the work transforms ordinary moments into expressions of quiet beauty and inner contemplation. Presented in both Chinese and English, the book allows the poetic spirit of Eastern aesthetics to resonate across cultural and linguistic boundaries.
More than an art book, this collection offers a way of seeing and living. It invites readers to slow down amid the pace of modern life, rediscover the beauty of nature and emotion, and find a place of inner calm through the harmony of poetry and painting.
Chen Huiying, also known as Victoria Chen, was born in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, and now resides in the United States. After experiencing the social transformations of modern China in her youth, she later built a long-standing career in international trade and business. Since 2014, she has devoted herself to painting and gradually developed a distinctive artistic path centered on the integration of poetry and visual art. Beginning in late 2023, she started literary writing in earnest and has since written more than 700 poems.
By the end of 2025, she completed seven collections in her poetry-and-painting series, including Poetry & Painting Bound by Affection, Poetry & Painting Bound by Dreams, Poetry & Painting Bound by Fate, Poetry & Painting Bound by Beauty, Poetry & Painting Bound by Love, Poetry & Art From a Wise Heart I, and Poetry & Art From a Wise Heart II. Together, these works form a unique artistic body that blends Eastern aesthetics with a global cultural perspective, rooted in sincerity, emotional depth, and reflections on life and nature.
《情系诗画》是一部融合诗歌、绘画与人生感悟的中英双语艺术作品集。书中收录大量原创绘画作品与诗意文字,通过橄榄树、兰花、玫瑰、荷花、瓜果与四季风景等意象,展现作者对自然、生命与情感世界的细腻观察与深刻体悟。
每一幅画不仅是视觉艺术的呈现,更承载着记忆、情感与人生经历;与之相伴的文字,则以温润而富有诗意的语言,将生活中的微小感动转化为具有东方美学意境的艺术表达。全书采用中英双语形式,使东方文化中的诗意精神与审美情怀得以跨越语言与文化边界,与世界读者产生共鸣。
本书不仅是一部艺术画册,更是一种关于生活与心灵的表达。它邀请读者在繁忙现实中放慢脚步,重新感受自然之美、情感之真,以及诗与画交织而成的宁静世界。
陈慧英,又名维多利亚·陈,1950年出生于中国浙江温州,现旅居美国。她早年经历时代变迁,后长期从事国际贸易与商业工作。2014年开始系统研习绘画,并逐渐形成"诗画融合"的个人艺术创作方向。自2023年底开始文学写作以来,已创作诗歌七百余首,完成七部诗画系列作品,包括《情系诗画》《梦系诗画》《缘系诗画》《美系诗画》《爱系诗画》《慧盈诗画》与《慧心诗画》,逐步建立起兼具东方审美精神与跨文化视野的独特艺术体系。她的作品以真情为核心,将人生经历、自然感悟与艺术表达融为一体,呈现出温暖、宁静而富有生命力的艺术气质。
