She is my little sister, Jinyin. Here she was at the beach bathing by the afternoon sun. Six of us siblings and their spouses went to visit Kending National Park in southern Taiwan in the fall of 2010. We stayed in a beautiful beach front hotel named "Chateau". It was a fun and memoriable trip. We enjoyed the ocean breeze and most of all each other's company. 
Painting sunflowers is almost every artist's must-do journey. An artist friend told me about how he judges an artist's art based on how an artist paints sunflowers. He looked at this painting and told me that my sunflowers are definately making the grade. I am glad to hear that. 
The Battle of Flowers Parade was held during the Fiesta Festival in San Antonio every year in April. It was one of the largest parades in US. It has marching bands, horses, dancers, and many fun characters. All floats were decorated with bright colors and flowers. It was fun to enjoy a day or a week in San Antonio during Fiesta. This beautiful Spanish lady on horse was waving to the crowd. Don't you just love her dress and her hat? I surly do.
While taking an plein air workshop with Ron Rencher in April, we painted one day in the Texas Heritage Museum in New Braunfels, Texas. This is the museum headquarter from a side view. It was a sunny day and surely was hot but with nice breeze. As always I tried to stay in the shade to complete my painting. We had a fun day though and enjoyed Ron's workshop very much. 
The little Maggie was playing in her grandpa's ranch in a sunny day. I enjoy painting figures that will tell a story. I know Maggie had a fun day there.
It was a wonderful feeling walking through the aspen trail. I really enjoy these aspen trees. They have beautiful green in the spring and glorious yellow and orange in the autumn. They are one of my favorite subjects on my canvas.
