Music Meditation
Oil on canvas, 47" x 27"
Private collection

In "Music Meditation," viewers may not initially notice the artist himself in the painting but come to find how the artist wisely painted himself in the composition. Yan Sun has painted himself in the reflection of folk-art frog’s mirror. Just like Yan Sun's other trompe l'oeil style paintings, "Music Meditation" has a dark wood panel background. It emphasizes the objects depicted, especially the ones that create the focal points of the paintings. The objects are very well defined and set off from the others. As in many of Yan Sun's paintings, peaceful meditative moment is extremely important in this painting.

• Read "Paintings inside Paintings: Yan Sun's Self-portraits"
• Read "7 Facts You Want to Know about Trompe l'oeil Style"

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