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Cherry Blossoms II

Oriental traditions inspired works again. Cherry blossoms are the messengers of Spring, they carry the spring here when they blossom, they take the spring away when they leave.  Now that great source of natural inspiration has gone, but I find recently many more inspirations which…

Happy Horse year!

It is Chinese new year now, I wish everyone has a lovely horse year! 各位馬年吉祥如意,馬上有福哦~

Oriental Romanticism.

    Traditional oriental style is still one of the most inspired styles for fashion industry, however, most of designs only shows apparent elements from these recent 300 years such as Qing cheongsam or Edo Kimono style. But actually the most poetic and romantic eras in…

A family.

  Recently I finished this new painting- A family. They have the same style and similar faces.      The painting contains my perspective and confessions.Certainly I refuse to repeat fancy topics again and again, I don’t want to just say it, using actions to create some real piece…

Glamour Chic.

 Tapestry satin is the most well known Chinese silk technic since 19 century. Usually it was weaved by silk, with silver, gold and many other threads together, to keep the surface shinny and smooth. It is very common fabric for Cheongsam, especially suits glamour style….

Dream Weaving.

“To be great at something requires a pinch of madness,much repetition,and a strong dose of passion coated with a varnish of obsession.” Drawing by Nancy.Z “Black Birds”, 2012 “Red”, 2012 “Alice”, 2012 “Lady Ginkgo”, 2012

Deco art of Black and white.

   Among my childhood memories,those black and white deco art books from my parents’ shelves, they influenced a lot of my style for a very long time.( Remembered I only like drawing black ink works for many years).  It was incredibly popular during all of…

Dynamic and static.

   Japan has always been a country of extremes. in terms of fashion and culture this is no different. Cold and warm, dynamic and static, neat and decorated, ethnic and international, traditional and modern, eastern inner peace and western open minded . These elements mixed together became…