CHINA 2005-2007

 

Visions of China from an outsider’s fond
but superficial point of view. 

Heading home after a first visit to Tiananmen Square, the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong, and the Forbidden City. A pink mood.

Beijing 2005, 18″ by 24″ oil on canvas

From a photo I took when I was somewhere I wasn’t supposed to be. 

Monk, Xi’an, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas.

A friend posing in costume at the Temple of Heaven, Beijing. The finest painting on this site, at least for now. 

Lily posing, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas

I followed these monks through an art market one gray morning in Xi’an.

Monks, Xi’an, 18″ by 24″ oil on canvas

The tension of the always lengthy tea-buying process. 

A tea shop, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas

Coming down Yellow Mountain in heavy fog. 

Huangshan, 14″ by 18″ oil on canvas

A temple in Xi’an. 

Temple, Xi’an, 14″ by 14″ oil on canvas