Make Way for Ducklings 為鴨子開路

While visiting the Boston Public Garden in the fall of 2014, this little girl was riding on the statue of the mother duck and a row of 7 baby ducks walking behind her.  The sunlight shining on her face was so beautiful.  I snapped a quick shot with my I-pad.  Here is the painting to depict the lovely scene of Boston.  You can find these lovely bronze sculptures by Beacon St and Charles St in Boston.  They were created by artist Nancy Schons.

Then I found out more story about these ducklings.  "Make Way for Ducklings" is a popular children book authored by Robert McCloskey.  The story is about Mrs. Mallard was sure the pond in Boston Public Garden would be a perfect place for her 8 ducklings to live.  The problem was how to make way to get there from the busy Boston streets.  She then got help from the Boston Police to safely transport these ducklings to the garden pond.  What a lovely story.

Oil on canvas board, 16x12 SOLD

Ms. Maryam 瑪莉安小姐

Here is my dear friend Maryam when she was 23.  Both she and I came to US on the same date, August 16, 1976, as graduate students.  She arrived in NY while I arrived in LA.  We both ended up in Texas working for the same company in the same IT project.  What a blessing in life to get to know each other from two different cultures and became good friends.

I used one of Maryam's black and white photos as a reference and painted it in color.  I continue enjoying painting portraits and/or figures for people who I know or met during my travel journey.

Oil on canvas board, 14x11, private collection

Green Sash 阿拉墨前揮舞

During the annual rodeo in San Antonio in February, the Western Heritage Parade was carried out in down town streets with horses, longhorns, sheep, wagons, cowboys/cowgirls plus native Indian dances performed in front of the Alamo.  This Indian worrier was showing out his dance moves in his fabulous costume.  I was so excited to watch their performance and enjoyed the music, colors and movements.

Oil on canvas, 20x16

Colors of Guadalupe River 多彩的瓜達路河

The autumn colors by Guadalupe River are most attractive.  The tubing tourists have gone home.  We locals get to enjoy the river with a peace of mind.  Here is the river flowing through the little historical town called Gruene in Texas.  The trees are turning red and pink yet the river is cool and blue.  Don't you just want to visit here soon?

This painting won the first place in the oil category in the TEXAS show in New Braunfels Art Gallery.  This show is currently in exhibition this month thru the end of July 2015.

Oil on canvas board, 11x14

Morning Walk, 漫步于晨光下 ( 承德、避暑山莊)

The royal retreat in Cheng-De, China (3 hours of bus ride to the north from Beijin) is one of the most picturesque places in the world historical sites.  I was so fortunate to visit this place in the spring of 2011.  I took into my memory lane with a great pleasure of  the beautiful rivers, hot spring, mountains, historical buildings, gazebos, bridges, gardens, and flowers.  Wow this is an ideal place for art retreat.  Every direction you see is a paintable subject.  I hope this will happen some day.

Oil on Canvas,  20x24

Touch of Red 紅葉

We visited Acadia National Park in Maine last September.  The map leaves were just about turning to red - a sign of autumn was coming.  Here was a corner of the park where we had lunch in the picnic area.

Oil on canvas board, 11x14