2016年入冬时节，父亲离世前的一个月，以父子双联展概念开展的样板房设计，终于有了大致的雏形。我的父亲，陈道明先生，东方画会的创始人，艺术圈的八大响马之一，台湾第一位抽象派画家，这些外人给的封号都不是我对他最真实的感受，对我而言，他就是一位父亲，是儿子的大玩偶、写生的好同伴、艺术观点的辩论方！

父亲让我近身看他作画，却从来不教我画；带我领略各大艺术派系的精髓，但从不主张偶像崇拜。在设计的道路上，我从未失去信心，因为我知道总会有他的支持与鼓励……我一直希望送给他一份礼物，用我最擅长的方式和语言，向他致敬。

我以父亲的画作当作本案的发想，期望室内空间中的气韵，似画中出走的墨彩笔调一般，焕发著如父亲般文雅的风采与光泽，完成了以＂河滨散记＂为名的作品。

假设一位事业有成之士，年少时一本梭罗(Thoreau)的湖滨散记：远离尘嚣与自然共存的简约生活，深植其心，期许在功成名就之后，完成自己心中的向往。一篇河滨散记的重写，只为一圆年少的梦想。

「那是一座通风、未粉饰的木屋，适合用来招待云游仙人，或让仙女的婆娑衣裙在屋里掠过」，如云似雾的渐层夹纱玻璃门，拉启了屋子的第一道玄关，而墙面上的抽象画作，有如窗外大气云雾的延伸，与室内產生了对话与交流，穿堂而过的风，是大地的天籟，等待著仙人的到访。

时间不过是我垂钓的小溪。我饮用溪中水；那浅浅的水流一溜而过，留下的是永恒」，黑色镜面大理石地面，静如停止的潭水，而波光粼粼的光泽墙面，亦如浅浅的溪流，缓慢的将时间也遗忘。

「一只猫在湖边的石岸上散步着，一向最驯服的猫，一旦进入森林，也好像回到老家样」，石岩般的银灰粗獷纹理，遍佈在空间之中，坚实而稳重的如砥柱般守护著，而天花板以一种描摹远山的轮廓样貌，形塑出群山起伏的韵律。屋主似找到家的猫一般，呈现最自在放松的状态。

在这里，室内甘做一位景观与艺术品的配衬者，只为拱托倾心与动容的景与画的收藏，让家犹如一篇屋主撰写的散文，似诗意而隽永的低回著…… 

表达我对父亲的感恩与绵绵的思念之情……

Reflections by the River—A Project Dedicated to My Father

In early winter 2016, one month before my father passed away, I finally completed the preliminary design for this model home project based on the concept of a “father-and-son joint exhibition.” My father Tommy Chen was the first abstract artist in Taiwan and a member of "The Eight Highwaymen of the East" that collectively founded the Ton-Fan Art Group. These titles given to my father, however, do not reflect my feeling towards him, because to me, he was simply my father, playmate, companion on plein air painting trips and respectable oppo

My father would let me watch him paint but never taught me how to paint; he guided me in learning the principles of major art movements but never encouraged fandom. I never lost faith on my career path as a designer because I know he would always support and encourage me….

I had always wanted to give him a gift to pay tribute to him, in the style and language I am best at. 

Inspired by my father’s art, I wanted to imbue the model home with an artistic aura so that the interior space radiates the charisma and elegance typical of his paintings. Essentially “Reflections by the River” brings his lustrous colors and fluent strokes from the canvas to life. 

Reflections by the River

Imagine a successful man profoundly touched by Thoreau’s Walden at a young age and never forgotten his dream to live a simple life close to nature, away from the urban hubbub. Now that achievement and recognition are attained, he recalls this dream, and therefore “Reflections by the River” is a dream come true.

“This was an airy and unplastered cabin, fit to entertain a traveling god, and where a goddess might trail her garments.” Through the layered screen door that acts as a curtain of clouds, one is greeted by the first view in the house—an abstract painting on the wall to take in the mist outside the window and begin a dialogue between the inner and outer worlds. A magical atmosphere is then created as the wind wafts through the hallway. Here, it is as if the fairies could descend upon us.

“Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains.”

The marble floor, black as a mirror, lies as still as a quiet pond. The shimmering wall, on the other hand, glistens like stream waters that run shallow and slow. Time is meant to slow down in the space and even be forgotten.

“A cat walking along the stony shore of the pond, nevertheless the most domestic cat, appears quite at home in the woods.” The silver, gray patterns resembling rocks scatter across the entire house to provide anchor and bring solidity to the ambience. Meanwhile, the ceiling takes on the contour of distant mountains. The rhythmic undulation of rolling mountains soothes the heart. Once stepping inside the house, the owner should be able to relax like a cat that has found its home.

In this project, the interior design plays a secondary role to the landscape and artworks of the house, so that the house becomes an essay written by the owner, emanating poetry and eternal serenity.

With “Reflections by the River,” I’d like to express my gratitude towards my father and my eternal remembrance of him….

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