This is my 35th
Chinese Mogu Painting and
my 843 painting since 2003. Also, it is my 233rd assignment in Chinese National Academy of Arts.
I painted this painting in the USA in my travel.
That was Oct 31, I signed my first contract with an art shop to entrust them to sell my paintings.
Even though I have more than 800 paintings and now there are more than 140 paintings in Springfield and I painted 5 kinds of paintings. But, just I gave them 2 paintings.
To be honest, it is for a long time, every time, when people admired my painting and wanted to buy one, simply I gave them, because I did not know how to sell and I do not want to sell and to talk anything about money relates to my painting.
So, even though I do have many opportunity to sell a painting or a book, I do not sell any one, but I have sent more than 120 of my books and DVDs to my friends or people need them, also, I have sent more than 100 paintings to the others in the past 11 years, even though my feeling was just like I have sent my baby out. :-)
So, when the art shop in the downtown of Springfield wanted to 3 of my paintings, included a Chinese Gongbi Painting, I did not want to give, but, also I did not want to lose the opportunity, so, finally, I gave them two paintings and did not give them any Chinese Gongbi Paintings. :-)
To be honest, if I could support my project for a long time as I did not retired from my former position in Chinese Securities industry, I would never think of selling any of my paintings, but I wanted to donate them to found a Chinese comprehensive art Lab in the US. Meanwhile, today, I feel yesterday’s work not good and this year, I feel last year’s work too bad… So, I do not want my paintings to go into the market too early.
Anyway, after I signed the first contract, I felt much easy, then I started to paint this painting in the same night with Chinese Mogu style...
Then, next day, I painted another painting with Chinese Xieyi Style...
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, welcome to write to shirley@ebridge.cn or shirleyz004@yahoo.com ,you can also publish your opinions on Message Board . :-)
--Shirley ZhangNov 3, 2013
