The  triptych Heaven, Earth, and Humanity reflects Xu Xiaoping’s meditative  exploration of the relationship between man and nature — a dialogue between  the cosmic and the personal, the eternal and the momentary.The first  painting, Heaven, begins with circular gestures, symbolizing the vastness of  the cosmos and the spiritual expanse of the sky. The broad strokes carve out  a sense of infinite space — the birth of the  universe.