Who am i

I was born in a small city in Southern China. My father was an oil painting artist. I grew up with his paintings, artbooks and stories. He taught me how to draw and he told me that I was very talented. I dreamed of becoming an artist and traveling around the world ever since I was a little girl.
In 1979, I immigrated to the USA from Hong Kong, and settled down in the San Francisco Bay Area.

In 2005, a great passion was ignited, I started to paint after away from art for more than20 years. My mediums are oil, pastel and charcoal. I paint portraits, figures, plein air landscapes and still-lifes. In every moment of everyday life, there is something that inspires me to paint.

Exhibitions:

Scene on the Strait 2011
Martinez, California

Scene on the Strait 2010
Martinez, California

Marin/Scapes 2010
Escalle Winery, 771 Magnolia Avenue, Larkspur

San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco
3489 Sacramento Street, San Francisco

Expressions Gallery
2035 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley, California

Awards:

'Dinner at the Campsite' Merit Award of San Francisco Women Artists Gallery - (Dec. 2011)

'Master and Student' Top 100 Finalists of America China Oil Painting Artists League

'California Wine' Merit Award of San Francisco Women Artists Gallery - (Oct. 2010)

‘Longing for the Light’ Merit Award of San Francisco Women Artists Gallery - (Nov. 2009)

‘Sunday in the Park’ Merit Award of San Francisco Women Artists Gallery - (Dec. 2007)

‘ Legacy of the Dragon’ Merit Award of San Francisco Women Artists Gallery - (Oct. 2007)

‘A Spring Song’ Merit Award of San Francisco Women Artists Gallery - (April 2007)

Competitions:

Drawing ‘Thinking’- North Light Books publication Stroke of Genius 2 , October 2009.

"Christopher Cronin" oil on canvas, selected to be published in The San Francisco Bay Area Figurative Renaissance - 2012

"Tyler Moore" oil on canvas, selected to be published in The San Francisco Bay Area Figurative Renaissance - 2012

Currently a member of :

Portrait Society of America

San Francisco Women Artists