Sunday, November 30, 2008
Morning at the Willow Park - the original
I painted many paintings at the Willow Park near my house. This small pastel version "Morning at the Willow Park" was my most tresured. The morning sun light filtered through the back of the trees. It is like a back-lid slide. One smells the fresh air of the morning and enjpys the tranquility of the world.
Purple Iris
Several years ago, my friend Hiroto showed me a meducal journal. Its cover is purple iris. He asked me if I can paint the purple iris for him as a gift for his professor. The Purple Iris is shown here at left.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
The World's End State Park
The World's End State Park is located at the nothern end of Pennsylvania Turpike near New York State border. A group of my friends spent a weekend at a near-by farm. The painting shows a small white water river in the park.
Bridge in Willow Park 柳園中的小橋
Willow Park is a beautiful park in Radnor township. It is a very popular place for local residence to walk, barbecue, have small gathering there. I painted many paintings there, especially in the fall when the leaves turn red and yellow. Willow was the private estate of Campbel Soup family. It was donated to the township many years ago.
橋傍觀魚 Watching Fishes on a Bridge
My interpretation of "Qingmingshanghetu". Watching fishes on a bridge.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Bryn Mawr College Students' seal
These are the seals made by the students of East Asia Study Program at Bryn Mawr College. 博懋學院東亞系學生的印刻作品。二堂課，每堂二小時。
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Mummers 2000 in Philadelphia
Mummers Parade 是費城新年最熱鬧的化妝遊行。老鷹是代表費城的吉祥物，費城的足球隊就是老鷹，就是每年輸球，球迷死忠，還是為它瘋狂。左圖為化妝遊行的領頭的老鷹。
Red Turnip 紅色的好采頭
大蘿蔔像徵著好采頭。蘿蔔台灣話叫菜頭，與采頭同音，有祝賀之意。這幅印是半成品，蘿蔔原為白色，未挖空前，為紅色。覺得很有意思，在“挖白”之前，特蓋印留念。因此，這張“紅采頭”為絕品。
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Twin Fishes 雙魚戲水
西冷印社的林乾良老師到費城看女兒，我邀了約十位朋友來家裡，請林老師來教我們刻印。這顆印是學習時刻的作品。這塊石頭是多年前在美國舊貨店買的。我將原來刻的字磨去。圖章的設計為，外方內圓，陰陽兩儀，雙魚戲水。
Thursday, November 20, 2008
The Manayan Bridge
緬内楊鐵路橋，橫跨石窟河，位與費城北郊，橋的南端是歌樂汶區，住的都是有錢人，北端是畫廊飯館集中的緬内楊區。這橋約有幾十年的歷史，橋上的柱子，是掛電纜用的，火車是電動的。這橋的結構，很像陽朔的那座橋，也許是那時代流行的吧。
Twin Pines at Yellowstone Lake
進了黃石公園，我們就住在黃石湖旅館，它是一個歷史悠久的建築，建在湖的岸邊，黃石湖很大，是公園裡唯一的湖，湖邊有兩棵勁挺的松樹，樹枝樹葉全長在一邊，是因為這裡一年到頭刮這西北風吧。像攣生哥倆，相依為命，又像倆位不偎風霜的戰士，在荒野捍衛著國家。
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Yellowstone Park, Bisons
黃石公園外的大草原，形容它，就是一個“大”字。草原一望無際，帶著石綠的藍天，天邊的白雲，像高聳的山巒，大地一片靜寂，無聲無影，遠處有兩隻野牛，像是兩座石雕，文風不動的，耐心地站著，站著，揣摩著我們這群不速之客。
Two Bridges across Sckukill River in Philadelphia
十多年前的一個週日，我約了賽彼得一起到河邊去寫生。我們緣著石窟河前行，石窟河是穿過費城中心的河，河泮為公園，以前河水遭附近工業嚴重污染，魚蝦絕跡，經過多年的環保整治，河水清了，魚蝦也回來了。左邊的這幅畫，右邊是一座紅磚的鐵路橋，古色古香，左邊是新建的高架公路的橋墩，新舊相映，加上水中倒影，前方護牆上的夾克，引領讀者進入這個畫面，編個自己的故事。
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
黃石公園外的野花 Wild Flower at Yellowstone Park
十多年前，與朋友們遊黃石公園，入口前，經過提唐公園的澗尼湖，我們有南往北行，一片平原，進澗尼湖是，湖後的洛磯山，突然崛起，高聳入雲，平地上，黃色的野花遍地開，與後面淺紫的山，藍色的天，白色的雲和雪，形成一幅美麗的圖畫。
Monday, November 17, 2008
近秋的荷葉 Lotus leaves in Early Autum
我家後院有個小水池，種了荷花。夏末秋初，荷花已謝，荷葉也開始變黃，有一個週日，又坐在池旁，心中想著清新脫俗的荷花，定睛一看，眼前的荷葉，大多變黃了，剩下一點兒綠色，葉的周邊有些褐色的斑點，葉子要開始枯了。再一轉睛，池塘的水色，有白的，藍的，深藍的，甚至黑的，這不是一幅美麗的半抽象畫嗎？這荷花可有來歷，它是我們美東家營的好友，家住華盛頓的謝先生送的，據說是當年李鴻章訪問美國，送給美國總統的禮物，現在還種在馬里蘭州的國家植物園內。可惜我後來在池中又種了美國睡蓮，它繁殖太快，根盤交錯，把我告貴的中國荷花給吃了。如今荷花已去，空留念，這幅畫算是留下的紀念吧。
Rest after a day's work - 1
This is the original work of "Rest after a Day's work" in pastel. It entered the juried exhibit "7th Annual Art Festival" 1998 at the Main Line Art Center. Nine years later I painted a second version of this picture in water color on canvas.
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