With a mix of classic artistic fantasy and realistic domestic setting, this oil painting of a young Chinese women sitting on a folding wooden chair demonstrates Li's unique style and technique of Chinese portraiture. Wearing a knee-length midnight black skirt and loose teal singlet top, she looks at us from the side with an expression mixing awareness with amazement as a beautiful green Qingniao (青鸟) bird of Chinese mythology in full flight delivers a beautiful silk mulberry colored scarf in its beak. She reaches up to grasp the shawl with her right hand while carefully pinching a red rose stem with her index and thumb of her left hand above her left shoulder. Her bare legs and feet appear real and awkward at the same time as the toes of her right foot push up from the grey floor while her exposed left heel pushes against the left armrest so her left knee is on top of the right at almost a 90-degree angle. Her long black hair is pulled back above the ears in ponytail. Only a thin silver necklace graces her smooth long neck and chest. In the background (to our right), a single white pot with tall green plants provides balance to the bird flying in from the upper left. Li Guijun (李貴君) was born in Beijing in 1964, where he still lives and paints. After graduating from China's Central Academy of Fine Arts under the tutelage of Jiang Shanyi and Yang Feiyun, his oil painting “The 140 Studio” won an award at the 1985 “Artwork Exhibition of International Young Artists” held by the China National Museum of Fine Arts. Since then, his works have appeared in numerous exhibitions, galleries, and museums in China including Shanghai, Beijing, and Hong Kong.

Warmth by 李贵君 (Li Guijun - Chinese) - Oil on canvas / 2006 - Solo Exhibition, 龙美术馆 Long Museum (Shanghai, China) #womeninart #fineart #chineseartist #liguijun #李贵君 #oilpainting #longmuseum #龙美术馆 #art #artwork #womensart #warmth #chineseart #painting #bskyart #contemporaryart #woman #artoftheday