Wen Hua Shui, who was born and raised in a traditional Chinese family, became fascinated with the arts and music early in her life. Her artwork is part of an exhibition of Chinese brush paintings featuring cranes, eagles, geese, lotus, horse, small dog, goldfish, and landscapes. The opening reception is at I-Hsiung Ju Studio, 35 Sycamore Place, Kingston, on Saturday, October 28, from 2 to 6 p.m. Shui lives in Plainsboro with her husband, Bob, and their son, Jonathan Ting.
In 1999 she began studying with artists ZhaoNan Huang and Maoling Zhang. Her studies included a diverse range of subjects from Chinese brush paintings such as flower insects, birds, animals, and human figures. She also studied Chinese calligraphy with Chinese calligrapher and artist Bixin Zheng. Shui is a former substitute teacher for the youth Chinese painting class at Princeton Chinese Language School.
A nature lover, Shui enjoys photography and has always had a desire to capture beautiful scenery in her paintings. Since visiting Ju’s art gallery, she has committed to the study and exploration of landscaping paintings with him.
I-Hsiung Ju, born in Jiangyin, Jiangsu, China, in 1923, is a former West Windsor resident. He has degrees in art, literature, and history from universities in China, the Philippines, and Spain, and is a professor emeritus from Washington and Lee University. He has held many one-man shows in Australia, Canada, China, England, Hong Kong, Japan, the Philippines, and the United States, and received awards in graphic arts and oil painting. The author of many books and papers about Chinese art, he continues to teach Chinese brush painting.
Art Opening, Professor I-Hsiung Ju’s Painting Studio, 35 Sycamore Place, Kingston 609-430-1887. Opening reception for an exhibition of Chinese brush paintings featuring cranes, eagles, geese, lotus, horse, small dog, goldfish, and landscapes created by Anna Tang Hu, Sun-Chueh Kao, Kyung-Ah Kim, Virginia Lloyd-Davies, Wen-Hua Shui, Shu-Whei Sun, and Yi-Tien Yang. Gallery hours for the exhibition are Monday to Friday, 2 to 6 p.m.; and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. through November 12. On view through November 12. Saturday, October 28, 2 to 6 p.m.
