Tibetan Nomad

Picture was taken during the trip to Xiahe, China with Master Oil Painter Huihan Liu.

Children in Guilin

Bath time for the baby

Another big painting of a Nepalese woman bathing her baby. Update.... This painting has been selected to the Oil Painters of America annual exhibition at Illume Gallery in Saint George, Utah, from May 10 - June 7, 2019

Tibetan Couple

I went to a painting trip with master Huihan Liu in September. This is a big painting of a Tibetan couple in front of the Labrang Monastery temple in Xiahe, China.

Lyra

Little Lyra enjoyed shaved ice with a straw --- a commission painting

Houses in Redwood Grove

A plein air painting at the local Redwood Grove.

Paris Cafe

Getting Ready for the Costume Parade

On the Veranda

Looking up

Figure in outdoor

A Mid Summer Day

I originally tried to repaint the background and foreground of this old painting to simplify the surroundings of the main figures. I thought it would be a quick touch-up job, but I ended up with spending 5-6 hours to modify the majority of the painting with a new perspective. What a fun experience.

Summer Blue

It's painting from a picture of an outdoor figure with lots of imagination.

Alice (in Wonderland)

Live studio painting of Alice, totally mesmerized by her blond hair.

Jaycee with blue necklace

Live studio painting of a beautiful young model Jaycee.

Man with Orange Scarf

Live studio painting of a handsome young man Jeff. Update.... This painting was selected to the American Impressionist Society annual exhibition at Guenzel Gallery in Fish Creek, WI , from 9/27 - 10/28/2018

End of the Day

It's the end of the day, lock the tool shed and ready to leave the barn.

Glassblowing

This is the picture of my friend at the glassblowing workshop. It interests me because of the busy background on the wall and in the room. I try to simplify the background and put more emphasis on the 2 main characters who are working on glassblowing. It's an interesting experience for painting subject like this and I am sure will paint more like this later.

Waiting in front of veranda

It took me a while to finish this painting as I was struggling with the perspective and even light. The canvas was on and off the easel for a few weeks and I was seriously thinking about abandoning the painting. But there was always that unknown force driving me back to this painting every few days. So after weeks of going back and forth, here is the painting of a beautiful young lady posing in front of the veranda for her glamour shot.

Will in the Black Rock Dessert

This is a picture of my friend's son Will who was in the Black Rock dessert for testing the rocket launch as the Boy Scout science project. When I first saw the picture of a young man in the scorching hot and dry dessert environment, I said to myself that's a good picture to paint. After 2 years with all the distractions and excuses, I finally did it..... it's a long journey !

Chelsea

I'm used to painting the light directly shinning on the model's face, but this time the light source was from behind so the face was in the dark side. I learned a lot from painting the model in this kind of studio setting, and hope I will be more fluent next time.