Latvian Media: “A Chinese Artist Brings Her Paintings to Riga”

by Zhang Cuiying

Reports from the Latvian Media

(1): “A Chinese artist brings her paintings to Riga”

A two-day Chinese traditional painting exhibition gave the people of Riga an opportunity to develop a better understanding about Chinese art. The creator of the paintings, Ms. Zhang Cuiying, is an Australian artist who was born and raised in China. We can see her in person at the exhibition held in the Nature Museum.

Ms. Zhang Cuiying is now 40 years old. She began to learn painting when she was as young as 10 years old. Many Chinese artists recognized her gift in painting. Most of Ms. Zhang’s works take Chinese natural scenes as subjects, combined with poems and portraits of Buddhas. Ms. Zhang has been to over 20 countries. Today in Riga, you will also get to enjoy her work, while tomorrow her painting exhibition will be held in Los Angeles.

Ms. Zhang said that when she was 34 years old, she became very ill. In order to get her health back, she started to practise Falun Gong. Now, she is able to draw as well as before.

“This is the first time I have been to Riga”, She said, “This is a clean and beautiful city. The people here are very cheerful and optimistic. I feel as well here as if I were at my home in Australia.”

(2): “The Wash Painting’s Charm”

This young female artist’s works have been exhibited in many counties including Japan, France, U.S., Australia, Czech Republic and so on. Most of her art works depict heroes in epics. She has also ordinary Chinese landscape paintings, portraits of Buddhas, countrymen, Tigers, horse,s women, dances, flowers and paintings depicting prisons. The paintings about prison were not done inadvertently, because the artist who was born in 1962 has been imprisoned for over 8 months. (Editor’s note: Ms. Zhang was wrongfully imprisoned when she went back China to appeal for Falun Gong) During that period of time, she went on a hunger strike for 2 months. Later, with help from the Australian Government, she regained her freedom.

Ms. Zhang is accomplished in painting. Her art works will let people get a better understanding about Chinese wash paintings. Her works also preserve the natural style of the Great Chinese Artists Shen Shiqing and Shi Tao.

Please let all art works be displayed at every exhibition hall. With the accompaniment of deep and euphonic music, please slowly enjoy watching the art works, then you will experience a kind of an everlasting sacred feeling that is inherent in the east.

To see more of Zhang Cuiying’s paintings, visit www.zhangcuiying.org

Source: (Clearwisdom.net) http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2002/6/30/32571.html