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	Catalogue Number			price	Approximate size	Button
	637.	Happy Life: original ink painting on paper by Yi Xing Ma (2007) Yi Xing Ma says that having a good woman and a dog (female, of course) makes for a happy life (he says it's a Chinese thing, but our observation is that many Chinese are actually afraid of dogs). In this surrealistic ink on paper he celebrates that lifestyle with his vision of a beautiful girl with red lipstick, long hair and sexy outfit. The dog is his VIP dog, a miniature poodle named Guibing (the Chinese prefer smallish dogs), who is shown, in real life, on the hyperlink page. Ma has done a number of works in this medium, and this is the first that we have chosen to include in the Leona Craig Art Gallery on-line. I couldn't agree more with this outlook of what a happy life is. To view more of the art of Yi Xing Ma (Ma Yi Xing), included in the Leona Craig Art Gallery on-line, please, visit the Yi Xing Ma Page.		$17,000	47x71in 120x180cm

	177.	Returning Home: original oil painting on canvas by Dapu (Ai Min Zhang) 2007 This is a wonderful scene of a mother and child returning home at the end of the day. We see them just about to round the corner among ruined buildings and walls in this old rural town, on the border between China's Qinghai province and Tibet. We can imagine that it is a bright sunny day, in this mountainous region on the back side of the Himalayas, since we see brightly lit building facades. It appears to be the fall since the trees are bare, and there is an old bird's nest atop the large tree in the foreground. We can also imagine the harshness of the environment, as buildings and walls are ruined, yet still in use. This painting is representative of Dapu's art, and he likes it so much that he has put it on the front of a brochure depicting his work, chronicling life in the high-mountain region around northern Tibet, over the last decade. Even though his mentor, the famous painter-philosopher Zheng Tian Li (Li Zheng Tian) has tried to convince him to return to the big city and to produce art that is more in line with that which is commercially popular among certain Chinese art collectors, Dapu has chosen to be true to himself and to remain in that isolated region of the world to capture its beauty, in paintings for those of us who appreciate good art, not commercial drivel. It is a reason that this fine artist has remained relatively undiscovered except by a few collectors from the mainland and Taiwan and by a few galleries, including ours and one in Shanghai. We appreciate his sacrifice, his genuineness, and the beautiful art that he brings us, and we hope that you will, too. We have several other paintings by Dapu (Ai Min Zhang), in the Leona Craig Art Gallery. To view other works, just click on: Dapu Page		$1,700	32x26in 82x67cm

	694.	The Goatherd: original oil painting on canvas by Zhao Qian Xu (2008) Xu likes to paint in a less than realistic style. In this night time portrait of a Zang minority goat herder, the feel is on the surrealistic side. Although it is dark outside, the goats appear almost as if they are in the spotlight; some of them hardly connected to the ground. The woman, too, in her brightly-colored traditional clothing, seems like she is also lit up, and the colors of her dress seem to pour into the ground at her feet; the goat in front of her blends into her dress. It is as though it is all just apparition. We always appreciate the talent of Zhao Qian Xu, and this slightly eerie portrait is a fine example of his work and his ability as an artist. To see more of the art of Zhao Qian Xu (Xu Zhao Qian), included in the Leona Craig Art Gallery online, please visit the Zhao Qian Xu Page.		$24,000	55x47in 140x120cm

	740.	Vast world 1 & 2, two watercolor paintings by Li Jin Ming (1973) 广阔天地1 水粉 These two paintings are about Mao’s drive to motivate agriculture, much like the giant project begun in Dajai, which was a symbol of success. Li, himself, had experienced work on a collective farm, in the 1950’s, and all of China was working hard to develop agriculture, so that everyone would have food on their tables. All of the bicycles, in the backgrounds of both, make them even more perfect, given that China is the "bicycle kingdom", even today. It is pure socialist realism, done in an untraditional impressionistic style, as Li was a student of the Chinese Impressionist, Xu Jian Bai. So, perhaps, we should call it socialist impressionism. We offer it as a two panel composition. To see more of the art of Li Jin Ming (Jin Ming Li; Jin Ming Lee), included in the Leona Craig Art Gallery, please visit the Jin Ming Lee Pages.		$2,600	11.5x4.5in/each 29.5x11cm/each

	678.	Little Creek, original oil painting by Tan Xue Sheng (1963) As a student of Lin Feng Mian, Tan was taught to bring emotion into his art, like the impressionists did. Lin, having worked in Paris, during the time that Impressionism was being replaced by the more modern movements of art, was exposed to a variety of styles, which were also imparted to his students. In fact, much of Tan's earlier works were done in a more realistic style, and he was more impressionistic in his style, later in his career. However, in this work, from the early 1960's, we see a style more like that of Cezanne, especially, also in the colors. The mountains have a very Chinese character, and the several story building, on the left is like some old buildings, still standing today, in southern China. To see more of the art of Tan Xue Sheng, included in the Leona Craig Art Gallery, please, visit the Tan Xue Sheng Pages.		$19,000	39.5x55.2cm
	738.	Metamorphosis 9, original oil painting by Tang Hai Guo In his metamorphosis series, Tang uses the boldest, most colorful lines. We liked the sneer on his face, the colors, and the fanciful clothing. In Tang's metamorphosis series, he is pointing to the changes that people undergo because of materialism and greed, which are big problems in modern Chinese society. Just like a hanger will change its shape when too much weight is hung on it, people will change with the stress that the current society puts on them to earn enough money to live like normal people, in the rest of the world. Having gone through the hardships of the great famine of half a century ago and the ravages of the cultural revolution of Mao, the society has been left with collective fear of not having enough and the envy of those who have accumulated so much since those times. Those things have caused greed to run rampant, but greed changes a person on both the inside and the outside. To see more of the art of Tang Hai Guo, included in the Leona Craig Art Gallery, on-line, please visit the Tang Hai Guo Page.		$2,100	120x90cm

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