In honor of our loving memory of Yu Peng, who passed away during the autumn of 2014. Ravenel pays its tribute to this Taiwanese artist so natural in talent, soblithe of spirit, so ardent of effort, so kind and affectionate of heart. Yu Peng’s ink painting is predicates upon the merit of tradition that also speaks to a broad contemporary audience. Yu’s signature unorthodox brushwork transpires the aesthetics of the traditional literati. His landscapes are often deliberately fragmented and disorderly with human figures, animals and vegetation juxtaposed without any rational linkages such as the swans that appears in Hope and Mountainouscape. Yu Peng is one of the most important ink painters of his generation in Taiwan, his solo and group exhibitions in both Taiwan and abroad include a number of major exhibitions: En Transe, Bateau-Lavoir Art Gallery (Paris, France, 2004); Mapping the Earth and Mind in Chinese Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, United States, 2007); The New Aspect 2009 Exhibition of Contemporary Cross-Strait Ink Paintings, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (Taichung, Taiwan, 2008) just to name a few. The artist’s works are presently residing in the collections of major museums and art galleries worldwide, including the British Museum in London.Yu Peng has inspired us with his kindled spirit, inspiration and faith in the realm of Chinese Contemporary Art.