Ru yi, born in 1966 in Beijing, has studied Chinese ink paintings for over 30 years, From1988, he began to run antiques business; in this period of time, he traveled many famous mountains, rivers and mainland Europe; Ru started painting again in 2009. Exhibition: ink salon in October in London; Classic Art Beijing exhibition area F3 in 2012; Asian Silicon Valley Art exhibitions in 4 May to18 May in 2013; solo exhibition: Ru ink painting exhibition in Triumph Art in 2015. During recent years he’s been focusing on the painterly representation of rare rocks. This painting Heaven and Earth 2, compared with his earlier works, is a more powerful expression of “rocks moving like clouds” which is the spirit of ink. “Heaven and earth” (Tiandi Xuanhuang) comes from I Ching, telling the tale of the time before the birth of the universe when everything is in misty chaos. With his extremely delicate brushworks and strong structure,the rocks in his paintings appear to be wispy and dream-like yet stout and steady at the same time.