A few more that I completed in 2011. 2.5"x3.5" watercolor, acrylic, and ink Ukiyoe/geisha inspired paintings.

I haven't posted in years, hello! I completed a series of little paintings almost a year ago and have finally gotten around to scanning them. I wanted to share them. They're little mini paintings/ACEOs.

 

I have more I'll be posting on my website over the next few weeks. Glad to see this community is still around, I find the posts so inspiring!

In addition to Beijing (see post below!), I traveled to Shanghai to check out the art scene there. Shanghai’s main art hub is the Moganshan Road art district, which, like Beijing’s 798 Art Zone, comprises a complex of old warehouses converted into art galleries and studios. It’s less grandiose than 798, unsurprisingly, but it feels more accessible, and it isn’t without its fair share of provocative art. Moreover, Shanghai’s “international” character permeates its artistic community; among the first artists and gallerists I met there, for example, were expats from Seoul during an art opening at a Korean restaurant in the French Concession.

But what I loved most was ambling beyond the central gallery cluster and losing myself in graffiti, whether it coiled along a wall or punctuated a vast expanse of vacant lots populated by squatter homes, roosters parading in and out of garbage piles, and urban ruins long forsaken, crumbling, simultaneously weighed down by time and held up by color, by paint, suspended in a silently beautiful balancing act.

I recently traveled to Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong to explore the Chinese contemporary art scene. Simply put, it's amazing. In Beijing, the highlight is the 798 Art Zone, an enormous industrial district of factories and warehouses converted into galleries, studios, and art spaces. One could spend hours and hours wandering.
Many more photos on Flickr and my blog!

I have to pick five of these to submit to a group art show. Here's a link to my LJ where the poll is and thank you very much in advance :)

http://s13konel.livejournal.com/60196.html

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I have 38 lagan plates from the Uzbekistan area, central Asia which are for serving dishes and meals. They are large, 33cm in diameter and five different patterns which are painted by hand. The price is $50 for each.

Send me a message with any inquiries.

HANDOUT HAVE NOT GIVEN





Konstantin Kartashov as monk
Yevgeny Yelsukov as parishioner

director Alexander Gnezdilov

operator and editor Andrey Babayev

Hi, I just joined and I'm amazed at everyone else's art. I've posted a lot of other pieces and art-in-progress on my LJ so if you like, please check it out.

Hello I created a new community that focuses on Chinese art and culture.
Here is one sample of a painting from Tang dynasty (click onto picture to fullview):



If you are interested in more Chinese paintings in history you are welcome to join this community:
Here at China Lover