The Escaping
About this artwork
Artist Guigen Zha paints a realistic image of lotuses with a subtle spatial illusion. He shows the beauty of the flower's mysterious character, emerging from the mud unstained. Reality is black. Tomorrow should be green, says Guigen. If I don't want to be a part of the black, what I should do today is escape. He draws influence from the Chinese philosopher Zhou Dunyi in this culturally symbolic composition.
Here's more work from Guigen Zha you may enjoy
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Rose & Thorns No.1 by Guigen Zha | $1,700 | oil painting | 24' h x 30' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/files/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-rose--thorns.-no1_284x.jpg?v=1715923683)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Rose & Thorns No.1 by Guigen Zha | $1,700 | oil painting | 24' h x 30' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/files/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-rose--thorns.-no1_284x.jpg?v=1715923683)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Rose & Thorns No.1 by Guigen Zha | $1,700 | oil painting | 24' h x 30' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/files/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-rose--thorns.-no1_284x.jpg?v=1715923683)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Vase & Spouted Ewer with Handle by Guigen Zha | $900 | oil painting | 20' h x 20' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-vase--spouted-ewer-with-handle_284x.jpg?v=1692984294)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Vase & Spouted Ewer with Handle by Guigen Zha | $900 | oil painting | 20' h x 20' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-vase--spouted-ewer-with-handle_284x.jpg?v=1692984294)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Vase & Spouted Ewer with Handle by Guigen Zha | $900 | oil painting | 20' h x 20' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-vase--spouted-ewer-with-handle_284x.jpg?v=1692984294)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Vase with Peony and Butterflies by Guigen Zha | $900 | oil painting | 20' h x 20' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-vase-with-peony-and-butterflies_284x.jpg?v=1692984292)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Vase with Peony and Butterflies by Guigen Zha | $900 | oil painting | 20' h x 20' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-vase-with-peony-and-butterflies_284x.jpg?v=1692984292)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Vase with Peony and Butterflies by Guigen Zha | $900 | oil painting | 20' h x 20' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-vase-with-peony-and-butterflies_284x.jpg?v=1692984292)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Bactrian Camel by Guigen Zha | $1,000 | oil painting | 20' h x 20' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-bactrian-camel_284x.jpg?v=1692984291)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Bactrian Camel by Guigen Zha | $1,000 | oil painting | 20' h x 20' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-bactrian-camel_284x.jpg?v=1692984291)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Bactrian Camel by Guigen Zha | $1,000 | oil painting | 20' h x 20' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-bactrian-camel_284x.jpg?v=1692984291)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Flower and Bird II by Guigen Zha | $1,525 | oil painting | 30' h x 24' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-flower-and-bird-ii_284x.jpg?v=1692713801)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Flower and Bird II by Guigen Zha | $1,525 | oil painting | 30' h x 24' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-flower-and-bird-ii_284x.jpg?v=1692713801)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Flower and Bird II by Guigen Zha | $1,525 | oil painting | 30' h x 24' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-flower-and-bird-ii_284x.jpg?v=1692713801)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Isolation III by Guigen Zha | $1,700 | oil painting | 26' h x 26' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-isolation-iii_284x.jpg?v=1692713801)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Isolation III by Guigen Zha | $1,700 | oil painting | 26' h x 26' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-isolation-iii_284x.jpg?v=1692713801)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Isolation III by Guigen Zha | $1,700 | oil painting | 26' h x 26' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-isolation-iii_284x.jpg?v=1692713801)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Night Peonies by Guigen Zha | $475 | mixed media artwork | 14' h x 11' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-mixed-media-artwork-night-peonies_284x.jpg?v=1692713800)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Night Peonies by Guigen Zha | $475 | mixed media artwork | 14' h x 11' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-mixed-media-artwork-night-peonies_284x.jpg?v=1692713800)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Night Peonies by Guigen Zha | $475 | mixed media artwork | 14' h x 11' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-mixed-media-artwork-night-peonies_284x.jpg?v=1692713800)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Prunus Vase with a Dragon by Guigen Zha | $800 | oil painting | 24' h x 12' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-prunus-vase-with-a-dragon_284x.jpg?v=1692713800)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Prunus Vase with a Dragon by Guigen Zha | $800 | oil painting | 24' h x 12' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-prunus-vase-with-a-dragon_284x.jpg?v=1692713800)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Prunus Vase with a Dragon by Guigen Zha | $800 | oil painting | 24' h x 12' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-prunus-vase-with-a-dragon_284x.jpg?v=1692713800)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Time I by Guigen Zha | $1,300 | oil painting | 24' h x 18' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-time-1_284x.jpg?v=1692713800)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Time I by Guigen Zha | $1,300 | oil painting | 24' h x 18' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-time-1_284x.jpg?v=1692713800)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Time I by Guigen Zha | $1,300 | oil painting | 24' h x 18' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-time-1_284x.jpg?v=1692713800)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Flower and Bird I by Guigen Zha | $1,525 | oil painting | 30' h x 24' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-birds--flowers-i_284x.jpg?v=1692713799)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Flower and Bird I by Guigen Zha | $1,525 | oil painting | 30' h x 24' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-birds--flowers-i_284x.jpg?v=1692713799)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Flower and Bird I by Guigen Zha | $1,525 | oil painting | 30' h x 24' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-birds--flowers-i_284x.jpg?v=1692713799)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Red Mountain by Guigen Zha | $475 | oil painting | 14' h x 11' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-red-mountain_284x.jpg?v=1692713799)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Red Mountain by Guigen Zha | $475 | oil painting | 14' h x 11' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-red-mountain_284x.jpg?v=1692713799)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Red Mountain by Guigen Zha | $475 | oil painting | 14' h x 11' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-red-mountain_284x.jpg?v=1692713799)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | One Blossom One World. Peony & Deer III by Guigen Zha | $2,500 | oil painting | 36' h x 36' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-healing.-one-blossom-one-world.-peony--deer-2_284x.jpg?v=1692713799)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | One Blossom One World. Peony & Deer III by Guigen Zha | $2,500 | oil painting | 36' h x 36' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-healing.-one-blossom-one-world.-peony--deer-2_284x.jpg?v=1692713799)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | One Blossom One World. Peony & Deer III by Guigen Zha | $2,500 | oil painting | 36' h x 36' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-healing.-one-blossom-one-world.-peony--deer-2_284x.jpg?v=1692713799)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Dreamland. White by Guigen Zha | $2,000 | oil painting | 36' h x 24' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-dreamland.-withe_284x.jpg?v=1692713799)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Dreamland. White by Guigen Zha | $2,000 | oil painting | 36' h x 24' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-dreamland.-withe_284x.jpg?v=1692713799)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Dreamland. White by Guigen Zha | $2,000 | oil painting | 36' h x 24' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-dreamland.-withe_284x.jpg?v=1692713799)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Breeze by Guigen Zha | $475 | oil painting | 14' h x 11' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-breeze_284x.jpg?v=1692713798)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Breeze by Guigen Zha | $475 | oil painting | 14' h x 11' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-breeze_284x.jpg?v=1692713798)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Breeze by Guigen Zha | $475 | oil painting | 14' h x 11' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-breeze_284x.jpg?v=1692713798)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | In the Rain by Guigen Zha | $950 | oil painting | 24' h x 18' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-in-the-rain_284x.jpg?v=1692713798)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | In the Rain by Guigen Zha | $950 | oil painting | 24' h x 18' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-in-the-rain_284x.jpg?v=1692713798)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | In the Rain by Guigen Zha | $950 | oil painting | 24' h x 18' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-in-the-rain_284x.jpg?v=1692713798)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Dreamland. Brown by Guigen Zha | $2,000 | oil painting | 36' h x 24' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-dreamland.-brown_284x.jpg?v=1692713798)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Dreamland. Brown by Guigen Zha | $2,000 | oil painting | 36' h x 24' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-dreamland.-brown_284x.jpg?v=1692713798)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Dreamland. Brown by Guigen Zha | $2,000 | oil painting | 36' h x 24' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-dreamland.-brown_284x.jpg?v=1692713798)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | One Blossom One World. Peony & Deer I by Guigen Zha | $2,500 | oil painting | 36' h x 36' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-one-blossom-one-world.-peony--deer-1_284x.jpg?v=1692713798)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | One Blossom One World. Peony & Deer I by Guigen Zha | $2,500 | oil painting | 36' h x 36' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-one-blossom-one-world.-peony--deer-1_284x.jpg?v=1692713798)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | One Blossom One World. Peony & Deer I by Guigen Zha | $2,500 | oil painting | 36' h x 36' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-one-blossom-one-world.-peony--deer-1_284x.jpg?v=1692713798)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Out of the Wall by Guigen Zha | $1,525 | oil painting | 30' h x 24' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-out-of-the-wall_284x.jpg?v=1692713798)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Out of the Wall by Guigen Zha | $1,525 | oil painting | 30' h x 24' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-out-of-the-wall_284x.jpg?v=1692713798)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Out of the Wall by Guigen Zha | $1,525 | oil painting | 30' h x 24' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-out-of-the-wall_284x.jpg?v=1692713798)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Recovery II by Guigen Zha | $2,000 | oil painting | 36' h x 24' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-recovery-ii_284x.jpg?v=1692713797)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Recovery II by Guigen Zha | $2,000 | oil painting | 36' h x 24' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-recovery-ii_284x.jpg?v=1692713797)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Recovery II by Guigen Zha | $2,000 | oil painting | 36' h x 24' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-recovery-ii_284x.jpg?v=1692713797)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Isolation I by Guigen Zha | $1,700 | oil painting | 26' h x 26' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-isolation-i_284x.jpg?v=1692713797)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Isolation I by Guigen Zha | $1,700 | oil painting | 26' h x 26' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-isolation-i_284x.jpg?v=1692713797)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Isolation I by Guigen Zha | $1,700 | oil painting | 26' h x 26' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-isolation-i_284x.jpg?v=1692713797)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Four Lotus by Guigen Zha | $475 | mixed media artwork | 12' h x 12' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/I5j5pZMGhL_284x.jpg?v=1697798579)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Four Lotus by Guigen Zha | $475 | mixed media artwork | 12' h x 12' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/I5j5pZMGhL_284x.jpg?v=1697798579)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Four Lotus by Guigen Zha | $475 | mixed media artwork | 12' h x 12' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/I5j5pZMGhL_284x.jpg?v=1697798579)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | The Buddha Head Vase by Guigen Zha | $800 | oil painting | 24' h x 12' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-the-buddha-head-vase_284x.jpg?v=1692713795)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | The Buddha Head Vase by Guigen Zha | $800 | oil painting | 24' h x 12' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-the-buddha-head-vase_284x.jpg?v=1692713795)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | The Buddha Head Vase by Guigen Zha | $800 | oil painting | 24' h x 12' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-the-buddha-head-vase_284x.jpg?v=1692713795)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Red by Guigen Zha | $475 | oil painting | 14' h x 11' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-red_284x.jpg?v=1692713795)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Red by Guigen Zha | $475 | oil painting | 14' h x 11' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-red_284x.jpg?v=1692713795)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Red by Guigen Zha | $475 | oil painting | 14' h x 11' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-red_284x.jpg?v=1692713795)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Dreamland. Black by Guigen Zha | $2,000 | oil painting | 36' h x 24' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-dreamland.-black_284x.jpg?v=1692713795)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Dreamland. Black by Guigen Zha | $2,000 | oil painting | 36' h x 24' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-dreamland.-black_284x.jpg?v=1692713795)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Dreamland. Black by Guigen Zha | $2,000 | oil painting | 36' h x 24' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-dreamland.-black_284x.jpg?v=1692713795)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Go Astray by Guigen Zha | $4,200 | | ' h x ' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/ZYAGfEwJ8q_284x.jpg?v=1697799921)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Go Astray by Guigen Zha | $4,200 | | ' h x ' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/ZYAGfEwJ8q_284x.jpg?v=1697799921)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Go Astray by Guigen Zha | $4,200 | | ' h x ' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/ZYAGfEwJ8q_284x.jpg?v=1697799921)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Red Peonies by Guigen Zha | $475 | mixed media artwork | 14' h x 11' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-mixed-media-artwork-red-peonies_284x.jpg?v=1692713794)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Red Peonies by Guigen Zha | $475 | mixed media artwork | 14' h x 11' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-mixed-media-artwork-red-peonies_284x.jpg?v=1692713794)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Red Peonies by Guigen Zha | $475 | mixed media artwork | 14' h x 11' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-mixed-media-artwork-red-peonies_284x.jpg?v=1692713794)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Isolation II by Guigen Zha | $1,700 | oil painting | 26' h x 26' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-isolation-ii_284x.jpg?v=1692713794)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Isolation II by Guigen Zha | $1,700 | oil painting | 26' h x 26' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-isolation-ii_284x.jpg?v=1692713794)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Isolation II by Guigen Zha | $1,700 | oil painting | 26' h x 26' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_guigen-zha-oil-painting-isolation-ii_284x.jpg?v=1692713794)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Blooming by Guigen Zha | $850 | oil painting | 24' h x 18' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/76bpkDHbXk_284x.jpg?v=1697800382)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Blooming by Guigen Zha | $850 | oil painting | 24' h x 18' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/76bpkDHbXk_284x.jpg?v=1697800382)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Blooming by Guigen Zha | $850 | oil painting | 24' h x 18' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/76bpkDHbXk_284x.jpg?v=1697800382)