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One of my oil paintings..i took some courses in Paris, San Francisco and at the Fine Arts League in New York...but also a lot of it also meditation & observation of nature, and allowing your mind to absorb, play and learn technique naturally with practice..this was rather a quick painting...but i am fond of it:) it is interesting with oil painting, it is actually like you are building something , as it is layers really..and then at some point you really have to chose a stopping point, or you can take it a whole other direction that you may not really like..:)
The first of three episodes in The Chinese Silk Road documentary series! In this episode, we explore the root of Islam in China in the ancient capital of Xian, before moving into the mountains to discover the incredible Maijishan cave grottoes. We then move on to Lanzhou to try a steaming bowl of the famous hand pulled noodles, before heading to the western end of the Great Wall of China at Jiayuguan.
To me without truly knowing it..I always found wabi sabi art more beautiful..even as a child I was writing poetry and making visual metaphors..like cement in milk tea..etc..I love art that can be feminine , but really lovely affected by veneer of wabi sabi. Like a preserved classical relief facade in Greece, or a Greek Revival period property in Maine..or a romantic chateau in fragrant country natural life in France…or preserved oriental onsen in idyllic ancient villages in Japan....whatever is truly true, authentic, heartwarming, eternally lovely, ages, ferments…like a lovely wine..soothing & inspiring the palate, or a an earthy Japanese tea, enlivening & awakening all senses, beauty, life within,...
