qiang-huang, a daily painter

We are in New Orleans right now. We will be on a cruise to Honduras I guess. I am not sure if I can access the Internet on the boat. If I ...

These several days I felt my brain has been short of lubricants. It didn't run fast enough to catch up what I need to do and think abo...

Click Here to Bid This is another small painting I did in Beijing. I haven't resume painting in my studio yet. It is my technical wo...

Click Here to Bid I am so happy coming back. Now I am able to post on my blog myself. Thank you Eric (my brother in Canada) for helping ...

I am in the US now, but LAX didn’t say “welcome back home” nicely to me. Even I had close to two hours transfer time between flights but...

One month has passed so quickly. Tomorrow I will be on my way back to the US. Even I am still here, I have already started to miss this p...

My mother is in better health than my father. We went out shopping together several times. I took this photo when we went to get dumpling ...

I am so happy I had the opportunity to continue my art in my hometown. After my two portrait demoes, I did a one day still life painting w...

I went out with my mother doing some grocery shopping. This photo is showing she was talking with a vegetable vendor on the street. Most o...

I was born in Beijing, not far from this white pagoda. I had many childhood memories around this area. Today I went the place I was born. ...

In the morning I went out search for an exotic breakfast. This scene got my attention. So  many people in Beijing make their living this w...

I went to the Yin Yang again and did the second Demo. Next Thursday I will give a one-day still life painting workshop at this location. I...

The art education in China emphasizes the training in basic skills. I was in an art supply store, and this photo showing the section of ...

I went to the Chinese Fine Art Museum today. It has a wonderful show there. I saw a painting by an artist named Leng Jun. Photo realism is...

This is the place I did that portrait demo. Yin-Yang is a small courtyard house. It is miniaturized Beijing “Ci-He-Yuan” style. All rooms ...

Yesterday I met a group of International artists in Beijing. They meet every Thursday (include the Thanksgiving) at a marvelous courtyard ...

In contrast with the post of yesterday. I want to show this one to depict what is taking over the ancient civilization. China is modernize...

This is a typical street scene in Beijing, very the third worldish. You can get all kinds of food on the street. To me, they are very deli...

Click here to preview images and purchase. (link to http://www.qhart.com/Events/Calendar_2012.htm ). The holiday season is here. I woul...

The main purpose of my China trip is to see my parents. They are not in good shape. I want to see what I can do for them. My father has Pa...

In my art, I stress on contrast. In my everyday life, I also try to capture any glimpses of contrasty moments. This photo is showing one o...

After I announced my calendar 2012, we have received massive orders, and we exhausted all our inventory in several hours. I back ordered imm...

Twenty six years ago, I left Beijing and arrived in US. At that time, The Chinese had mysterious feeling about America. “There are gold ev...

It is 4:00 AM in Beijing (or 3:00 PM Nov. 16 in Austin). I don’t know if I should say good morning or good afternoon to you. Due to the je...

I am sitting at the Gate 94 of San Francisco International Airport waiting for my flight to Beijing China. About one hour later I will boa...

Starting on November 15, I will spend a month in Beijing, China. Since I may not able to view this blog there, I have teamed up with my b...

I want to express my sincere thanks to all the friends writing and praying for me. I am really touched and encouraged to continue on. In l...

I am back to Austin. This is my second demo at Rosenberg. I hope all the workshop artists can practice what we have talked about, and turn...

I am at Rosenberg, TX (near Houston) teaching a workshop. Thank you Diana for organizing and all the artists attending for this wonderful ...

Click Here to Bid I did another head study last night. I like the cool colors in the shadow.