Volume 16 Issue 3 May 2006

Dear Members

Looking back to our last meeting - what a well attended and very interesting one it was! Haiying Yang's demonstration was so inspiring that the Society named Daisy Hsu to organise a workshop, which took place on April, 23rd 2006 - I heard a whisper, that there might be another one!

Dates to be put in your diaries:

• Casual painting get together on Saturday, May 6th at Will's Quills.

• Yum Cha on Saturday, May 13th, please contact Maggie ( Tel: 9878 1530)
  regarding details and to reserve a seat

• Andrew Lo will be the Guest Speaker at the Mosman Art Gallery -
  "The Way of the Chinese Brush":
  Tuesday, 16th May 2006 at 7.00pm for 7.30pm
  Donation: $8 which includes tea/ coffee

Our next meeting will take place on:
Saturday 3rd June at 2.30pm at Will's Quills
Please be on time, as we've got lots happening!!!

Theme: the modern approach of the 4 Chinese Gentlemen (orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum, plum blossom) - we didn't get to it at our last meeting - short talk by Andrew Lo - please try and prepare one/ two /three paintings and bring them along - for our "show and tell session".

"Show and Tell" of the silk paintings done by the participants of Haiying Yang's workshop

Mr Chi Lik (Franz) Cheung has agreed to come and give us a demonstration on half writing/ half picture expression from images of the 12 zodiac animals according to the Chinese calendar.

Items of Interest

• A warm "welcome" to our new members:
  Sue Jardin and QiHua Zhu (Ms) - www.arsnet.net

• Congratulations to Maggie DeCourcy for a "Highly Commended" Award at the Drummoyne Art Show in the Small Water Colour section.

• Check out our updated webpage - a big "Thank You" to Carmel James, who's doing all the work "behind the scene" http://www.cajo.com.au/AustChinesePaintingSociety/index.html

• Professor Hua Kui, visiting artist from China, paid our society an impromptu visit on the 11th of April. 15 of our members were present. He showed his paintings, talked about his work and did a demonstration. It was interesting to observe that he rarely uses more than three colours on any one painting and when painting, he does not need to use blotting papers. He used the Ma Li Chinese paint in tubes, but the top grade. Acknowledgement should be given to the following members for making this visit a success:
  • Mirra Hainsworth for notifying the members at a very short notice
  • William Lai for providing the venue
  • Andrew Lo for doing the translation
  • Jenny Roxburgh and Carole Burns for providing transport for the artist

   

• William Jiang has very kindly given the Society a copy of his book - "A Concise Course of Chinese Calligraphy" which is written in both English and Chinese. If you would like to borrow it, please contact Daisy Hsu on 9452 4624 or email: dshsu@optusnet.com.au

Exhibition at the Chinese Cultural Centre

Chinese Painting Exhibition by Mr Liu Ye-Feng & his students

Date & Time:- 6th May 2006 - 16th May 2006
Monday to Saturday 10 am - 4 pm
Venue:- Chinese Cultural Centre
799 Pacific Highway, Chatswood
Tel: 9411 3499

Opening of the Exhibition: Saturday 6th May2006 at 11.00am

Mr. Liu is in his 80's and his style is Gong Bi, which is the opposite of the Xie Yi style. Painters such as Qi Bai Shi have the Xie Yi style.

Hopefully, we'll see you all at the next meeting- get those brushes out and don't forget to bring your "homework" for all to see!!!

Happy painting and kind regards

Evelyne Zuercher Hadfield and Daisy Hsu

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