It was a late afternoon in Catalina Island. The warm lights refleted beautifully on the Yacht Club. This painting was shown in the New Braunfels Art Gallery in January 2011. The judge gave high remarks on this painting. The trip to Catalina was fun and memoriable. 
We stayed in this adobe home during a painting workshop with Lili Pell in Rouidoso, New Mexico a couple summers ago. This compoud has 6 rooms, kitchen, dining, and a big living room. We painted there for 5 days in Ruidoso and visited the Iris Farm and the town called Lincoln. It was a fun trip to learn art skills from Lili and mingle with artists. This painting is the front door of the adobe home. What you see is the lights coming out from the court yard. The warm lights give us a feeling of coming home. 
Taroko Gorge is one of the most beautiful places on earth. The mountain shapes are tall and straight up with streams in between. You often see mountain mist in the morning as shown in my other painting of "sea of clouds". This mountain range is also a place producing beautiful stones, such as jade, marble, and granite. My family and I visited there in Spring of 2009. I've visited Taroko national park many years ago during my early years in Taiwan. I was as impressed and enjoyed as before for this returning trip. 
I had fun to paint the second one of the same view from the mountain top in the Taroko National Park in Taiwan. The first painting was given to the Cheng-Kung University in Taiwan during my recent visit to the college for our class reunion. The painting shown here is currently shown in the "Artist of the Year" show in New Braunfels Art Gallery in Texas.
