Chinese

In the museum

I often come across such strange stories in my travels. I don’t know why; perhaps it’s because my energy attracts unusual people, like the time a 14 year old boy in the British Museum approached and shyly asked for my phone number. The scenario ended…

The Red of New Spring

Since Chinese New year is coming soon, I made another theme about Red: The red of New Spring. As I said before, Red is one of the most important colours for the Oriental cultures,philosophies and aesthetics.When I was a Child, I used to have red…

Happy Horse year!

It is Chinese new year now, I wish everyone has a lovely horse year! 各位馬年吉祥如意,馬上有福哦~

Oriental Romanticism.

    Traditional oriental style is still one of the most inspired styles for fashion industry, however, most of designs only shows apparent elements from these recent 300 years such as Qing cheongsam or Edo Kimono style. But actually the most poetic and romantic eras in…

A family.

  Recently I finished this new painting- A family. They have the same style and similar faces.      The painting contains my perspective and confessions.Certainly I refuse to repeat fancy topics again and again, I don’t want to just say it, using actions to create some real piece…

Glamour Chic.

 Tapestry satin is the most well known Chinese silk technic since 19 century. Usually it was weaved by silk, with silver, gold and many other threads together, to keep the surface shinny and smooth. It is very common fabric for Cheongsam, especially suits glamour style….

Endless Yearning.

  Unfortunately, I lost my original drawing of “Endless Yearning” that I had painted few years ago. Then I decided to recreate this drawing again for my art collection book. The great thing is I love the new version even more than the old one. The…

Snow Crane-3

   Most of Cranes are settled in Asia, Africa and Australia. Especially Asian cranes are the well known kind, I do think it is because of the successful presentations from Asian traditions.  Pine and Crane are two classic icons of immortal life, that is also why…

The style of HanShan.

   Since I had written something about the topic of “Yin and Yang, eight Symbols” , I decided to talk about Ancient Chinese Buddhism and Taoism traditional cultures continually.    Actually this theme was inspired by the poem texture on the vintage bag I bought…