Fruit Carving

Fruit carving is the art of carving fruit, a very common technique in Europe and Asian countries, and particularly popular in Thailand, China and Japan.

There are many fruits that can be used in this process; the most popular one that artists use are watermelons, apples, strawberries, pineapples, and cantaloupes.

Luo Li Rong / 罗丽蓉, 1980 | Figurative sculptor

Luo Li Rong is a Chinese artist and sculptor who creates realistic sculptures, primarily in bronze.

Luo was born in Hongqi, Hunan province, China.

In 1998, Luo entered the Changsha Academy of Arts in Changsha, Hunan and studied with Xiao Xiaoqiu.

From 2000 to 2005 she studied sculpture at the CAFA (Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, China) with Sun Jiabo.

Helice Wen

Helice Wen is a Chinese-American artist.

She was born and raised in Shen Zhen, China.

She moved to San Francisco at age 14 where she currently lives and works.

Helice received a BA Illustration degree from Academy of Art University, San Francisco.

Judy Nimtz, 1973 | Figurative painter

Judy Nimtz was born in Taiwan and raised on the island of O'ahu in Hawaii.

After completion of her MFA in 2008 from Laguna College of Art and Design, Judy made Southern California her home.

Nimtz has exhibited her work in several solo and group exhibitions in the Los Angeles area including a joint survey exhibition with Kenny Harris at The Santa Monica College Barrett Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (2012) and multiple Artist-In-Residencies in Siena and Tuscany, Italy (2011-2015).

Yuehua He, 1959 | Figurative painter

Yuehua was born in Beijing, China.

Yuehua’s mother was an art teacher and she taught him how to draw.

He participated in art activities in school.

His dream was to enter the Academy of Fine Arts.

However, at that time, students were not allowed to go to college unless they were chosen by someone in the government.

After high school Yuehua went to the army.

In the army, there were not many opportunities to draw, but when the chance arose he drew what he saw in his surroundings.

Four years later, Yuehua left the army and entered the cinema and drafted movie posters.

Each movie poster was 2 meters x 7 meters long, and it usually took one to two days to finish painting.

During this time Yuehua was admitted to the Central Academy of Arts and Design Night University (renamed the Tsinghua University Academy of Fine Arts).

The Secretary to the Minister of Electronics Industry invited Yuehua to work professionally.

He worked in the State Council and the NPC Standing Committee from 1982 until 1987, after which he worked as the curator of the Beijing Museum of Art and Design.

Yuehua worked there until 2000 when he immigrated to the United States to become a full-time painter.

Member of Portrait Society of America, Member of Allied Artists of America, Inc., 1997-2000 Curator of Beijing design Art Museum.

Portrait art work was selected for Art exhibition New York in 2009.

Art work "travel" won the award for the advancement of American Art from Allied Artists of America in 2010.

Yuehua è nato a Pechino, in Cina.

La madre di Yuehua era un'insegnante d'arte e gli ha insegnato a disegnare.

Ha partecipato ad attività artistiche a scuola.

Il suo sogno era entrare all'Accademia di Belle Arti.

Tuttavia, a quel tempo, agli studenti non era permesso andare al college a meno che non fossero stati scelti da qualcuno nel governo.

Dopo il liceo Yuehua andò nell'esercito.

Nell'esercito non c'erano molte opportunità di disegnare, ma quando si presentava l'occasione disegnava ciò che vedeva nei dintorni.

Quattro anni dopo, Yuehua lasciò l'esercito ed entrò nel cinema e disegnò manifesti cinematografici.

Ogni poster del film era lungo 2 metri x 7 metri e di solito ci volevano uno o due giorni per finire di dipingere.

Durante questo periodo Yuehua è stato ammesso alla Central Academy of Arts and Design Night University (ribattezzata Tsinghua University Academy of Fine Arts).

Il segretario del ministro dell'industria elettronica ha invitato Yuehua a lavorare professionalmente.

Ha lavorato nel Consiglio di Stato e nel Comitato permanente dell'NPC dal 1982 al 1987, dopodiché ha lavorato come curatore del Museo di arte e design di Pechino.

Yuehua ha lavorato lì fino al 2000 quando è emigrato negli Stati Uniti per diventare un pittore a tempo pieno.

Lucia Heffernan, 1966 | Yoga Chicks

"My body of work is an expression and exploration of my lifelong fascination with animals.

Through my paintings, I seek to give animals a voice and a personality, while making light of our uniquely human existence. By imagining what animals might do if put in human situations, I stage tableaus that shine a spotlight on both their innocence and raw instinct.

This collision between animal and human sensibilities creates a whimsical, theatrical, and often humorous world that viewers can relate to on an emotional level.

A graphic designer by trade and an oil painter by design, I am continually experimenting with different styles of contemporary realism that balance my artistic sensibilities, technique, and unique sense of humor.

As I evolve, what remains constant is my respect for the animals that inspire me, and my desire to bring a smile to the face of every viewer" - Lucia Heffernan.

Lo Chan Peng 羅展鵬, 1983

Lo Chan Peng was born in Chiayi, Taiwan and graduated Fine Art Department of Chinese Culture University.

Lo Chan-Peng had won many domestic art contests, and became well-known with “Strawberry Journal” series, which honestly records the sub-culture of young generation.

Lo uses his paintings to express what he observed from the real world, which not only depicts the mindset of young generations nowadays, but can be seen as a kind of self-dissect.

Hua Chen, 1952 | Impressionist Figurative painter

Hua Chen was born in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. Between the years of 1973-1976, Chen earned a Bachelors Degree of Fine Art from the Anhui Teacher's University, Anhui, China.

He then went on to attain a Master of Fine Art Degree in sketching, watercolor and oil painting from the Central Institute of the Fine Arts in Beijing, China.

Chen has earned several titles and awards including Chairman of Anhui Oil Painting Research Association in China and is a member of the Artists Association of China.

Stephen Pan 潘仲武, 1963 | Figurative painter

Born in Shanghai, Stephen Pan /潘仲武 has been immersed in fine art all his life.

For generations, his family has been renowned in China for artistic talent.

At the age of five, his grandfather, Bo Yin Pan, famous for calligraphy and poetry, gave him his first lessons in drawing and painting techniques.

Ironically, in spite of his close relationship with formal Chinese traditions in art, Pan fell in love with the paintings of renaissance and French impressionist periods.

Mian Situ, 1953 | Genre painter

Born in Southern China, Mian Situ / 司徒绵 received his formal art training in his native homeland of Guangdong, formerly Canton.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Guangzhou Institute of Fine Art, and a few years later earned a Masters in Fine Art.

Mian’s paintings clearly reflect his upbringing in the rural countryside of his native China.

His deep-toned impressionistic paintings of the backcountry often focus on people going about their daily lives in their small villages and farming communities.

Karl Bang, 1935

Shanghai born painter 龐卡 Pang Ka Karl Bang was formally trained by the master artists of Chinese painting and he also formally trained in the European painting tradition in France and Belgium.

For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Karl Bang see 龐卡 Pang Ka Karl Bang, 1935 | Visionary painter|.

Weizhen Liang, 1955 | Impressionist painter

Chinese painter🎨 Weizhen Liang is a master member of American Impressionist Society and an artist member of the California Art Club.

Weizhen Liang, was born and raised in China. Her early interest in the arts focused on the written word and she received her BA degree in Chinese literature from Ji Nan University of Guang Zhou in China. Weizhen's aunt, An-Zhi Zhonng, was a well respected painter and professor at the Guang Zhou Academy of Fine Arts and she studied with her from an early age.

Jin Fengshi, 1959 | Portrait painter

Chinese painter🎨 Jin Fengshi was born in Jilin Province. In 1987 he graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Yanbian University in Jilin Province.

In 1999 he graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts of the Tenth Seminar.

In, 2008 he got his master's degree in painting in Hongik University Department of Fine Arts.

Member: In Chinese Artists Association, national artist, portraits American Association.

Vincent Xeus, 1981 | Figurative painter

Vincent Xeus is a torrential force on the international art scene that permeates and defines our contemporary culture. His relentless pursuit on re-evaluating and re-inventing fresh aesthetic visions is one of the most vital and remarkable characteristics of his creation.

Oscillating between figuration and abstraction, his work embraces, yet challenges the traditions of painting with an exploration of contemporary practices and observations. Xeus reminds the audience to continually adjust perceptions and to formulate new syntheses built upon the past.

Wendy Ng | Abstract / Realist painter

"Painting in the traditional form gives me the opportunity to experiment with the qualities of the paint, the juxtaposition of patterns and textures, to achieve a play of balance and to create rich and inviting paintings" - Wendy Ng.

Chinese born artist Wendy Ng got her education in the United States, Belgium and the United Kingdom and currently based in Australia. Her heart has always desired to study art. She was trained in Art and Design at The Wimbledon School of Art, UK, with a Graphic Design and Illustration background in advertising and publishing.

She paints in the traditional form but takes her ideas further by experimenting with patterns and textures creating a balance between Real-life Art and Abstract Art.

Zhaoming Wu 吴兆铭, 1955 | Figurative painter

Chinese painter Zhaoming Wu 吴兆铭 was born and grew up in Guangzhou City.

He received his BFA from the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art China, where he earned a BFA in painting and received his MFA in painting from Academy of Art University, San Francisco, California.

Since 1983, he has been exhibiting his work in Asia, Europe, the United States and other countries around the world.

Xi Pan 潘曦, 1971 | Figurative painter

Chinese painter Pan Xi 潘曦, known as Xixi, was born in november in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province.

In her childhood, every week, with her sister, she visited artists' workshops, from the Art Institute headed by his father and developped her taste for drawing and painting.

Xi Pan began her fine art studies in 1989 at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Hangzhou China.

He Lihuai 何力怀, 1961 | Realist painter

Mr. He Lihuai 何力怀 - Chinese painter🎨 - was born in Chongqing. He worked as an art designer at Capital Museum from 1985-1996 after receiving Art of Bachelor degree in oil painting at Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts in 1984.

As a member of Chinese Artists Association and a professional artist.

He has been honored as a very talented oil painter in contemporary China.

He's paintings have been exhibited regularly at home and abroad as well as at the art auction company gave held by the organizations like Baoli and Zhongding, many of which have been kept by domestic and overseas art lovers.

He Lihuai è nato a Chongqing nel 1961. Ha lavorato come designer d'arte al Capital Museum dal 1985-1996 dopo aver conseguito la laurea in pittura ad olio presso la Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts nel 1984.

È membro della Chinese Artists Association ed artista professionista.

È stato onorato come talentuoso pittore ad olio nella Cina contemporanea.

I suoi dipinti sono stati esposti regolarmente in patria ed all'estero, nonché presso la società di aste d'arte tenutasi da organizzazioni come Baoli e Zhongding, molte delle quali sono state conservate da appassionati d'arte nazionali e d'oltremare.