Wall Art page 3: Leona Craig Art Gallery

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Note: Some of the pictures displayed in this section come, as shown, framed under glass. The dimensions are approximate and represent the outer dimensions of the frame. All prices include shipping to the U.S. or Europe.
	Catalogue Number			price	Approximate size (1 cm = 0.4 inch)	Button
		African Man, original watercolor painting by Li Jin Ming (1967) 非洲青年水粉 Li says that his teacher, Xu Jian Bai, taught that making the eyes of a subject, showing emotion, was of utmost importance in portraiture. That is part of what Xu's mentor, Lin Feng Mian, taught her. Even in this early work, Li shows that he was a good student. This is a very nice early portrait by Li, especially since the medium is watercolor. The colors are very nice and soft, and the subject is not what you might expect from a Chinese artist, in the 1960's when China was closed off from the world. Today, Li is a great portrait painter. 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.		$900	4¾x5½in 12x14cm

	117.	Haystack and Mountain: original oil painting on canvas by Meng Liu (1997) The haystack has been an object of studies for many artists, beginning, at least, with the Impressionists, particularly, Monet. I have even owned several others, in the past, by American Impressionists: one by the 19th century artist, Daniel Santry, and another by the 20th century artist, Eliot Clark; I also own another one, now, by Dapu (Ai Min Zhang). The Santry painting was dark and serious, using golds and dark reds. The Clark painting had more of an Impressionist's bright-colored palette with a bright almost electric-blue sky with yellow streaks from a setting sun. This one by Meng Liu goes even more towards the both Impressionist's palette and technique. He uses colors that are more to the green-blue-red-violet part of the palette, and it is done in an intricate, almost pointillist style. Moreover, while most of the haystack works that we have seen have the haystack, somehow, dominating the scene, in this one, the haystack is placed in front of a mountain, appearing as a smaller repetition of the mountain, or is it the other way around. We have several other works by Meng Liu (Liu Meng), in the Leona Craig Art Gallery. To see other works by him, just click on: Meng Liu Page		$750	13¾x10⅝in 1 35x27cm

	756.	Citizen Series number 1, original oil painting by Tang Hai Guo The future of humankind. As people become less and less active, sitting at their jobs, sitting at home watching TV, driving their cars down the block to get a quart of milk, their bodies may someday shrink, being left with massive heads in relation to their bodies. It actually reminds me of the costumes with big heads that are popular at Carnival Time, in European and South American countries. We particularly like this figurative portrait by Tang. It's a fun painting, and the high heels and basketball add nice touches. The light blues are cheery. 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.		$2,500	130x80cm

	786.	Happy Hour, original oil painting by Jianwei Shen (2011)		$67.000	205x152cm

	699.	White Cloud: original oil painting on canvas by Zhao Qian Xu (1998) This painting of an older Yao minority man and young boy is from a series of paintings that Xu did in Lianzhou, in the north of Guangdong. Zhao Qian Xu has a breadth of style that stretches from the very precise, realistic to the abstract. In fact, he says that he enjoys painting in more abstract, less realistic styles because it allows him more freedom to create. We tend to like his abstract works, as well as the realistic, and everything in between. This painting is slightly on the impressionistic side of realism with bold brushstrokes making up the faces, defining the old man's high cheekbones, yet, more delicate strokes show individual hairs of the old man's beard and crows feet around his eyes. Moreover, paintings of the minorities people of China show the real China, as those of us who live here know it, as opposed to the China that China presents to the world. In the minorities, age-old traditions are still preserved, unlike the mainstream traditions, which were lost in the cultural revolution. The people are unassuming and live simple existences, even wearing traditional dress passed down through the ages. We believe that paintings that chronicle their lives for us to share are most precious. To view more of the works of Zhao Qian Xu (Xu Zhao Qian), on display, in the Leona Craig Art Gallery on-line, please visit the Zhao Qian Xu Page.		$7,000	31½x27½in 80x70cm

	719.	Ancient Tree: Xiang Xiu hand embroidered landscape This tree on an island reminds me of my neighborhood, in Dongshan Kou, in Guangzhou. We have a park that is built on islands connected by walking bridges from our shore on a backwater of the Zhujiang River to the island of Ersha Dao where the Guangdong Museum is located. The park has big old trees like this, which are hundreds of years old. The picture even has a low cityscape, in the background, much like I see in my park. It is a slice of China, both from yesterday, and, in some places, today. This picture comes framed (68.5 cm x 58.5 cm) in this beautiful frame, as shown. To see more of the Xiangxiu (Xiang Xiu) embroidery art, included in the Leona Craig Art Gallery, online, please visit the Xiangxiu Embroidery Page.		$450	37.5x29cm

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