"Elegance of Spring" 36" x 36" PR4

Professor Ping Guang Zhou

Professor Ping Guang Zhou, a senior-level scholar in Chinese painting, emigrated from China in 1998 as own Outstanding artist's. His father, Zhou Qi-he was a master of Sichuan opera and friends with many notable Chinese artists including Xu Bei-hong, Fu Bao-shi and Zhang Da-qian. Growing up, Zhou pinging was surrounded by the paintings of these masters and encouraged to study traditional Chinese painting under the tutorship of Zhang Cai-qin and Zhao Yun-yu. Professor Zhou, who lives in California now, is particularly known for his bird and flower paintings, which he executes in part in the "gongbi" manner, a highly realistic style characterized by fine brushwork and close attention to detail. However, his own rich imagination often fills the backgrounds of his paintings of parrots, peacocks, plum blossoms and peonies with dreamlike elements. He paints while listening to Sichuan opera music, so this may account for the magical quality of many of his works. Professor Zhou had his personal exhibitions in Hong Kong, Singapore, Germany, Malaysia, Canada and the United States, and he was awarded many times for his elegant artworks. In the slimmer of 2004, Professor Zhou had his personal exhibition in Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena.