Painting: Tired Embroidery Lady

The artist, Ms. Zhang Cuiying is an internationally acclaimed Chinese artist living in Australia. From an early age, Ms. Zhang was nurtured and taught by well-known Chinese masters, in the respected discipline of traditional Chinese brush painting. Her works have been extensively published throughout China. One of many honors includes the Asia-Pacific Gold Medal for Chinese Calligraphy and Painting.

Ms. Zhang is an Australia Citizen, and has been a tireless ambassador for human rights, since the conclusion of her eight-month long experience of torture and incarceration in Chinese prisons, for peacefully appealing the communist regime's persecution of Falun Gong.

According to Confucius, ladies in ancient China were to be educated in four areas: morality, speech, posture and crafts. This painting portrays the study of crafts. Two ancient beauties are embroidering in a garden. As time passes, they start to feel a little tired. One lady sits quietly while the other prefers to move around and stretch. They not only love embroidering but also wish that their fingers could be as nimble as the embroidering needles.