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Kitchen (Seoul, Korea) I, Interior Painting

10/31/2011 10:39:12 AM

  One thing I like about eating Korean food is the wide variety of soups and stews in their cuisine.  They can be pretty much a main dish as a bowl of rice and many side dishes are usually served together.  From a simple cup of miso broth to a hearty meat-and-vegetable stew and anything in between, choices are usually many it is not easy to decide especially if you are a fan of delicious (and often spicy) soupy dishes.   In this busy kitchen, a couple of cooks were churning out all kinds of sizzling hot bowls of soups and stews every few [...]

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More Paintings of Seoul, Korea

10/29/2011 2:41:05 AM

  How do you cope with a strange feeling of waking up in a foreign land after a long air travel?  For me there's nothing like a brisk walk in the morning for some fresh air.  As someone who's always curious about other cultures, it is really fun for me to get a glimpse of daily life of local people as a new day just begins to unfold.  That's the best cure for a jetlag for me.   Early Sunday morning, I stepped outside in downtown Seoul, Korea and enjoyed a walk towards Dongdaemun Gate.  The street in this painting, running through the city's [...]

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Shenao, Tonglu, Chinese Landscape Painting

10/26/2011 4:33:45 AM

  Our group of about 15+ watercolorists spent a few days touring and painting together in various picturesque spots in Tonglu County, China.  Tonglu County is under the jurisdiction of Hangzhou City in Zhejiang Province.  We were all invited artists in the 3rd Contemporary International Outstanding Watercolor Painters Nomination Exhibition that took place recently in the new Wetland Museum in Hangzhou.   Being one of the few foreign painters in the predominantly Chinese-speaking group that participated in this painting trip, I was not sure where we would stop next.  But I was not worried at all because I found ample subjects to paint in [...]

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Gwanghwamun, Seoul, Korean Landscape Painting

10/23/2011 11:40:27 PM

  The 20th Exhibition of Asian Watercolour Confederation came to a close on 23 October.  For 9 days, about 110 watercolor paintings from 11 Asian nations graced the walls of the bright and sleek Han Jeon Art Center located in "new Seoul," the southside of the Han River.  I was honored to be an invited artist for this special exhibition, perhaps the last one presented by the Asian Watercolour Confederation (AWC).  AWC will undergo some changes and will be soon launched as a new organization which will spearhead the efforts to promote the watermedia in the entire Asian region.   I was very happy [...]

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Ambiance de France - My Solo Exhibition Opens on 10/19

10/8/2011 4:01:46 AM

  My first solo exhibition in San Diego will open on October 19 at the North Coast Repertory Theatre Gallery (NCRT), Solana Beach.  "Ambiance de France" is an exhibition of my recent watercolor paintings of French towns and Paris cafés.  This show will take place in conjuction with the Theatre's next play HEROES (original title "Le Vent des Peupliers," French comedy by Gérald Sibleyras, translated by Tom Stoppard).   I've been a big fan of France for many yeasr and travel there as often as I can.  So you can imagine my excitement when I was asked to bring my work to make the [...]

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