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My Artworks

This online virtual gallery showcases a collection of my traditional Chinese paintings, along with a small selection of works in other artistic forms. The collection is rich in content and diverse in style. Welcome to browse and enjoy at your leisure!

Jan Frans Van Dael_Flower Still Life with Roses, Tulips, Narcissi, and Other Flowers

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When I visited the Louvre in Paris in 2023, I was enchanted by the still life oil paintings from the Renaissance period. This is an attempt to use Chinese traditional painting skills to re-create them.

Birds Drawn to Ripe Fruit

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Fenran is a special technique in Chinese traditional painting. It is widely used in Gongbi painting. 

Taihu Scholar’s Rock Triptych 1 — Boneless technique on 9-fen sized Xuan paper

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Among China's geological treasures, few specimens command as much reverence as Taihu stone.

A Boat Sailing Before Green Waters

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Blue-green landscape painting represents one of China's most visually striking traditions in art, characterized by its brilliant use of mineral pigments—particularly azurite and malachite—that create luminous blues and greens against golden and ochre backgrounds.

Pear Blossoms and Birds

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Fan paintings represent a cherished genre within Chinese art, where throughout the centuries, artists and calligraphers have transformed the humble fan into an intimate canvas for artistic expression.

Cut Branch of Morning Glories

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The Song Dynasty (960-1279) represents a pinnacle in Chinese artistic achievement, particularly in the refined genre of flower and bird painting. 

Ink Landscape — small xieyi style on semi-sized Xuan paper

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Chinese landscape painting, known as "shanshui" painting, stands at the pinnacle of East Asian art for its philosophical depth.

Valley and Peaks

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In popular understanding, negative space in Chinese painting refers to the deliberate preservation of "blank" areas within compositions, unmarked by brush or ink.

Peonies and Magnolias

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Boneless painting (Mogu technique) is a traditional Chinese painting method. This technique directly uses color or ink to paint flowers and leaves without "brush bones"—meaning without ink line outlines.

Painting

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“Three Applications of Alum and Nine Layers of Wash” is a traditional coloring method often mentioned in Chinese fine-line painting, especially in fine-line flower-and-bird painting.

Main Application Interface

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This is a small tool for selecting appropriate color schemes for scroll mountings or frames after finishing a Chinese painting.

Minimalist White Leaf

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Through ten creatures with remarkably short life cycles in the natural world, it poses the question: when life is so fleeting, why do we still get anxious over the uncertainties of tomorrow?

Front View of the Notebook

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In March 2026, I was asked to create graduation artwork for the school while also designing graduation-themed creative merchandise for the class.

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