My Garden Friends

My Garden Friends (c) 2009

6" x 6" watercolor
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Trees are changing colors again, autumn is here and summer is gone. Four seasons' colors are just so clear in new England, I wonder if more artists here than other regions.

Cold Mountain Night

Cold Mountain Night (c) 2009
6" x 8 " watercolor
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The place where we live is very cold for quite awhile in winter but it often inspires me. Painting landscape is like telling a story, turning the painting into a visual poem.

Blue Bird--Morning Song

Blue Bird--Morning Song (c) 2009
6" x 6" watercolor
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I have been reading some art books and find it interesting to see different aspects of painting the same subjects. Too bad there are only 24 hours in a day!

Spring Love

Spring Love (c) 2009
6" x 6" watercolor
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This is a free style brush painting on rice paper, there are many different levels of freedom within this style.

Mountain Energy

Mountain Energy (c) 2009

6" x 8" watercolor
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We used to hike a lot, sometimes we would see people standing in front of waterfalls to do some kind of breathing exercise. I recalled the scene to make the mountain energy flow out of my brush again.

Dawn

Dawn (c) 2009

6" x 8" watercolor
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Traveling through the early morning in the countryside while we lived in Asia, we enjoy the tranquility and beauty all around us. It has a different feel for me from the countryside around where I live now.

Cardinals in Spring

Cardinals in Spring (c) 2009

6"x 6" watercolor
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Getting the right mix of water and color plus brush techniques to paint this free style work on rice paper is not an easy task, although it looks very simple, but once the brush touches the paper there is no going back!

After Morning Mist

After Morning Mist (c) 2009

6" x 6" watercolor

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Nature's Game

Nature's Game (c) 2009
6" x 6" watercolor
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A Winter's Dance

A Winter's Dance (c) 2009
6" x 6" watercolor
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I went to walk this afternoon, I brought some beautiful flowers home to study and sketch them. I enjoyed their unique beauty even though I didn't know their name.

Lakeside Beauties

Lakeside Beauties (c) 2009
6" x 6" watercolor
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Narcissus is translated "Water Immortal" in China. For New Year's celebration, my family would fill with narcissus - the fragrance and the auspicious nature of this flowers.

Springtime

Springtime (c) 2009
6" x 6" watercolor
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Painting is a very good activity, it combines both mental and physical energy, it can calm one's mind (of course, for a beginning painter it's more difficult). Painting 5 to 6 hours for one sitting is a kind of deep meditation.

Meeting Under the Pines

Meeting Under the Pines (c) 2009
6" x 6" watercolor
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Eating out is always fun, but even more so under the fragrant pines!

Country Life

Country Life (c) 2009

6" x 6" watercolor
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People are still living like this very simple and humble especially in the distant Chinese countryside. Like every life style, it has its good and bad points. Ever wonder what it must be like to get away from most things electrical - like Internet blogs!

Astonishing Beauty

Astonishing Beauty (c) 2009

6" x 6" watercolor
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Snow is melting everywhere; the weather seems warmer and warmer. All the trees and flowers are ready to bloom and I am ready to welcome them, finally.

The South Bay

The South Bay (c) 2009

6" x 6" watercolor
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It never seems to fail that throughout Nature whenever male and female associate, one of them always knows what's best!

Auspicious Year

Auspicious Year (c) 2009

6" x 6" watercolor
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While I was working on this painting, I was wishing that we all have a great, abundant New Year ahead just like these beautiful flourishing peonies!!

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Along the Hill

Along the hill (c) 2009

6" x 6" watercolor
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Today is Chinese New Year's Eve. Traditionally, we have to clean the whole house for welcoming the New Year and also to pay respects to our ancestors through certain ceremonies. Then family members will come from all over to get together and have a wonderful family meal to celebrate the New Year. Have a happy, healthy, and prosperous Year of the OX.

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Bamboo Conversations

Bamboo Conversations (c) 2009

6" x 6" watercolor
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Today is Obama's Inauguration Day. I have been taking part in the whole ceremony all day, this truly is a historical moment.

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Moon over the Li River

Moon over the Li River (c) 2009

6" x 6" watercolor
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Sometime I paint landscapes. It can take me away from the world of birds and flowers. No matter which style of the painting, they all have their own techniques and structures to deal with. The only thing that remains the same are the brushes, paper, and ink.

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