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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

	608.	Spring comes to Da Ban Shan: original oil painting on canvas by Dapu (Zhang Ai Min) 2009 Dapu (Ai Min Zhang) tells us that he used to pass this mountain scene on his way to paint other scenes over the last few years, and he always wanted to paint it. Now, he finally has captured it in a beautifully colored and sizable painting, in the spring of this year, for us. The mountains, in the background, done in black and dark green, are striking. A path beginning at the bottom of the painting brings your eye to the herd of sheep, in the foreground, which is done in nice detail. Springtime is only beginning, and the dark yellows of the grass and dark red of the shrubs make for a nice overall color balance. A combination of colors, light and shadow, and brush work make the mountains appear three-dimensional. It has the sweeping grandeur of paintings by German artists, like Bierstadt or Hengsbach, especially, with the boldness of the dark mountain confronting us, something that traditional Chinese art theory would condemn. But it has a softer, more impressionist style. You can see other works by Dapu (Zhang Ai Min) from the Leona Craig Art Gallery on the Dapu Page.		$5,900	59x51in 5 150x130cm

	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

	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

	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

	101.	Flowers in Glass Pitcher, original oil painting on canvas by Zhao Bao Cheng This is a bright, cheery still life of flowers in a pitcher of water. Although it may be a common theme, it is an uncommon painting. It has an impressionist feel to it with its use of pastel colors and an impasto painting technique that makes the flowers, literally, jump out of the painting. It shows skill and understanding of the more subtle properties of light, as it captures the way that diffraction of light, in water, changes the appearance of the stems that are partly in-partly out of the water. Look more closely, and you can see that even the handle of the pitcher has picked up another branch by the diffraction of light through the curved glass. Petals of flowers are seen on the table as always happens when fresh flowers are cut an put in water. All in all, it is a very pretty piece of art, and Zhao Bao Cheng is famous for his floral still-lifes with larger ones having gone up for auction, recently, in the $10,000 range. Since this is a smaller painting, the price, shown, includes shipping of the painting, framed and matted (39 x 47.5 cm), as shown. We offer several works by Zhao Bao Cheng, in the Leona Craig Art Gallery on-line. Just click on: Zhao Bao Cheng Page		$1,000	10⅝x9⅞in 1 27x25cm

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