"Blue Snake at Leifeng Pagoda"

Oil on canvas 24" x 40"

"Han Huang, the weaving maids hand maiden"

Oil on canvas 28" x40"

" The Monkey King at the Eastern Gate"

Oil on canvas 26" x40"

"Master Ma"

Oil on canvas 36" x 22"

" The Nymph at Rainbow Bridge"

Oil on canvas 22" x30"

"The White Ape at the Jade Pond"

Oil on canvas 28" x 36"

"Boa Zheng, the paragon of Justice"

Oil on canvas 26" x32"

" Guan Yu"

Oil on canvas 26" x30"

"Memorizing moments"

Oil on canvas 22" x18"

"Lipstick"

Oil on canvas 18" x32"

"Waiting"

Oil on Canvas 18" x 32"

"Painting the Monkey King"

Oil on canvas 32" x 32"

" The Hair Piece"

Oil on Canvas 18" x 22"

The Face of Chinese Opera

The first collection of works “Beauty Defies Tyranny- The Face of Peking Opera” was based on the impressive tales of Chinese Opera, and began with an extensive journey in the spring of 1995 through five of Chinas largest provinces. I became heavily influenced by Chinese poetry and classical calligraphic landscapes as well as the legends, folklore, temples, fabrics and furniture, architecture and the great pantheon of deities that make up Chinese tradition.

I then began to study the opera performers back stage and created the series “Disciples of the Pear garden”. “There is magic in the presence of transformation and a complete sense of poetry in the application of make-up and dress. These works capture the brief window of transition from actor to performing legend. Most of the studies and paintings for this series were created in the temporary bamboo opera theatre of southern China and HongKong”.