东汉曹不兴是我国第一位创作佛像题材绘画的画师,距今已有千年之久,所画题材多以西方宗教传入为主。随后有关佛教题材的绘画随着历代治国与民众的精神需要,日益兴隆,出现了一大批创作有关此类题材的杰出画家和优秀绘画作品。此类题材已成为人们不可或缺的精神食粮,有时它已超越了绘画本身的含义。出生于文人荟萃署地成都的邓敬民,就是画佛像的妙手。其妙处不仅在于其深得佛画之技法,更是把主体人物赋予有机的生命体,使佛成了可敬可信的精神象征。毕业于武汉大学图书馆专业的邓敬民,本属重点培养的学术坯子,天生就有一种文人气质,虽然身处现代都市,但有一颗文人的古心。常去茶蓬喝茶、高谈阔论、以文会友已成了他获得灵感的生活方式。敬民深知新时期的佛像题材绘画也要多一份文气,才能跟得上当代人的审美需求。佛像绘画是一种特殊的画种,他与人类的情感信仰相连,这也使得敬民对此有了过多的思考。邓敬民早年拜师彭先成先生,专攻写意人物,后来对佛像题材的绘画着了迷,执意“转而向佛”。画坛上不乏转而向佛的高人,张大千就是其中的一位,历经万里,长途跋涉赴敦煌研习壁画,终成硕果。敬民有前师借鉴,不辞辛劳,十几年来,为广收营养,开阔视野,遍历敦煌,云冈、大足、安岳、麦积山等石窟,尽览天下壁画,为后日勃发作了充分的准备。敬民作品的成功之处,在于他把握了打动读者的情。有了学养做积淀,加上天资聪颖、勤奋刻苦,用自己的视角来审视此类传统绘画,不盲目跟风,而是另辟蹊径。其可贵之处就是赋此类题材以鲜活的生命,观音像骨肉丰美,肌可动人,既有神灵的威严,又有世间温情倚人。菩萨并不是遥不可及的冰冷形象,敬民笔下的菩萨有了“世情未尽”的所托,有了真切的情感交流,传递着真挚的慈爱,和平之爱,这也是其绘画作品的魅力所在。 The Eastern Han Dynasty Caobu Xing is China’s first creation of Buddha painting theme artist, dating back more than a thousand years ago, the subjects drawn by the introduction of Western religions. Subsequent paintings of Buddhist subjects have been booming with the spiritual needs of governing the country and the people in various dynasties. There have been a large number of outstanding painters and excellent paintings on such subjects being produced. Such themes have become an indispensable spiritual food, and sometimes it has gone beyond the meaning of the painting itself. Deng Jing-min, born in Chengdu where the literati meets, is the master of painting Buddha statues. Its beauty is not only due to its deep Buddhist painting skills, but also to give the main characters of organic life, so that Buddha became a credible and credible spiritual symbol. Graduated from the Wuhan University Library, a professional Deng Jingmin, this is a key academic bachelor cultivated, there is a natural literati, although in a modern city, but there is a literary heart. Often go to the tea of ​​tea, talk, members of the text has become his inspired way of life. Jingmin understands that the painting of the Buddhist statues in the new period also needs more style to catch up with the aesthetic needs of the present generation. Buddha painting is a special kind of painting, he and human emotional beliefs connected, which also makes the respect of people have too much thought. In his early years, Peng Jing-cheng, a teacher at Peng Shing-cheng, specializes in freehand brushwork and later became a fan of the painting of Buddhist statues, insisting on “turning to the Buddha.” There is no shortage of painting altar to the Buddha’s ascension, Zhang Daqian is one of them, after thousands of miles, trek to go to Dunhuang to study murals, eventually become fruitful. For more than a decade, Jingmin has broadened his horizons and traversed Dunhuang, Yungang, Dazu, Anyue and Maijishan such as grottoes. He made a full view of the world’s murals and made full preparations for the day after tomorrow Preparation. The success of Jingmin’s works lies in his grasp of the affection touched by the readers. With the accumulation of learning to do, coupled with bright and talented, hardworking, with their own perspective to examine such traditional painting, not blindly follow the trend, but another way. The valuable part is to endow these kind of subjects with fresh life. The concept of Guanyin like rich flesh and muscular body can move both the dignity of the gods and the warmth of the world. Bodhisattva is not an unobtainable image of the cold, the bodhisattvas under the pen of the penmanship have been entrusted by the world with unforgettable love, sincere exchange of affection, love of peace, and the charm of their paintings Where you are.