IN current Chinese art circles. Song Hai is regarded as an artist with a mastery of traditional Chinese techniques as well as a sense of innovation.He began to study Chinese landscape painting in the 1970s under the instruction of several noted artists. For over two decades he worked tirelessly towards acquiring the techniquus and approaches of various schools of art, and traveled extensively across the country in order to see its mountains and rivers and feel the spiritual solace they brought.This experience has imbued his brush and ink works with a fresh,yet classical,perspective.