"Autumn Started" --- Sold

Fall is a colorful season. I hope I will get more colorful subjests into my paintings.

"Red Delicious" --- Sold

This is my first high key painting. Generally, I like to keep my background dark to allow the center of focus get the spot light. Using light background, I thought it might weaken the center. So I broke my rules with this one, but I kind of like the result. What do you think?

"Dancing Colors" --- Sold

I had a lot of fun with the colors when I painted this one. The color harmony is on the cool side. It wasn't my intention, but I think it works all right.

"Before Cooking 2" Sold

This painting will be submitted to a gallery show, but I like to post it here for your enjoyment.

"Pomegranate" --- Sold

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Is "pomegranate" the correct name to call this fruit? I really spend some effort to figure it out. You know there are things which are very easy for everybody here but they can put quite a challenge to me. Do you know I have spend more than a day just figuring out how to spell "pecan" correctly? In my day time job, every Friday is my culture day. my friends at work teach me one thing related to the local culture or English. Last Friday, my topic was "gung-ho". It is surprise to all of us. This word is actually Chinese.

"Tang Horse" --- Sold

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This painting is again an experiment of not using bright colors for the center of focus. I think the result is pretty good.

"Fresh Pecans" --- Sold

I usually like to use warm colors (red or orange) for the center of focus of the painting, but this one is different. I used green instead. Do you think if there is problem with it?

"A Colorful Vase" Sold

"Old Time" --- Sold

I got this "old" clock at Fort Worth. It gave me some nice shapes I didn't have before, and it gave another dimension to my painting - Time.

"Party is Over" --- Sold

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Tomorrow is the trash day for the neighborhood. I put these cans in the recycle bin. But their colors stroked me, so I decided to paint them. Recently, I have been experimenting new subject matters to test the potential of my approach. Am I in the right direction? Please let me know.

"Red Wine" --- Sold

"Sunflowers" --- Sold

This is my first sunflower painting. I had some struggle with it. Do you like it, or not?

"Glowing in Dark" --- Sold

The Orient --- Click Here to Bid

Painting Jade is a lot of fun. I like the translucent looking and the subtle color change. I hope you like this one too.

"Apple and Parasols" --- Sold

My Demo Video

"Pears in Light" --- Sold

I want this painting to show the difference between painting the objects and painting the light. Don't you think it worked?

"Tomato and Onions" --- Sold

I have painted many fruit, but now I am trying more on painting vegetables. As eye-candies, they are equally sweet.

"Baby Cantaloupes" --- Sold

We have cantaloupes growing in our yard, but they could not get big some how. I don’t know how well they taste, but they are certainly make good still-life subjects. This painting will be shown at Galerie Kornye West at Fort Worth, TX. The URL is: http://www.kornyewest.com/.

"Before Cooking" --- Sold

Onion at Center --- Sold

I haven't done many paintings with onions, but I find that I really like the texture of it. It has a different tast.

"Bird Feed" --- Sold

You might wonder what the white object is at the front. It is a bird feed, which is used to hold a small amount of food for birds in a cage. I got it from my mother-in-law. It works so well for still life compositions.

My Still Life Demonstration

Yesterday I gave my first painting demonstration and this is my demo piece. This event was organized by a local artists group: Plein Air Austin. The demo was performed at the Windberg Art Center in Georgetown Texas. I want to thank both PAA and the Windberg Art Center to make this activity possible.

"Red Roses 2" --- Sold

Today I have reached the milestone: 100 posts on my blog. Since I started this blog in January, I have received enormous amount of help and support. At this moment, I want to express my sincere appreciation to my collectors for your patronage. I want to thank my artist friends who have commented on my paintings. I didn’t get a chance to response to you all, but your messages were well received. I feel really great to have this opportunity on-line to share my art with you, and sincerely hope that my effort can bring you happiness.

"Fruit and Tea" --- Click Here to Buy Now $119.99

I will give a still-life painting demo on 8/16/07 at Windburg Art Center in Georgetown, TX. It is a free event. Please check www.pleinairaustin.org/calendar.htm for details.

"Red Rose" --- Sold

We planted rose bushes in the spring, but didn’t realize they were too close to the AC compressor. The Texas summer comes. The high temperature plus more heat from the AC are all dumped on the plant. But to my surprise, they grew well and bloomed. The flowers are so beautiful. I must paint them.

"Orange Pear" --- Sold

"Triple Sweet" --- Sold

"Lonely" --- Sold

For a while, I put a lot of vibrant colors on my paintings, but I am testing more subtle colors lately. After having too much Texas BBQ, I want to have some green tea.

"A Pear & Grapes" --- Sold

I borrowed this composition from David Leffel. He is one of my favorite still-life artists. I took his workshop three times and really learned a lot.