Chiu Hsiente
In his resulting work,he has transformed the traditional, straightforward approach to watercolor through the addition of a sensibility derived from the eastern ink-wash tradition.Chiu’s paintings feature colors with all the saturated intensity of oils,while at the same time he has expanded the limits of scale in watercolor paintings that often exceed 200 centimeters in size.Chiu’s individualistic style has been forged through years of effort and study,which have produced a unique combination of oil,watercolor,and ink-wash techniques with a strong eastern flavor and aesthetic.
Jiang Zhixin
Jiang Zhixin's freely impressionistic paintings capture the bold, powerful spirit of China's great Northwest. One of the most energetic figures in the world of Chinese art, Jiang imbues his ink-wash paintings with the feel of these ageless landscapes in a uniquely appealing way, projecting their beauty of their vast expanses and their breadth and power.
Jiang merges tradition and modernity wonderfully in his paintings, where strong, clear rhythms emerge from the ink and brushstrokes to create the evocative tension of the works.
Jason Chang
With practiced and precise stokes of the pastel stick, Jason Chang achieves a natural freedom in the application of pastel colors. The intense contrasts of light and shadow often displayed in his work are a feature of his unique style.Chang's pastels have gained him entry into major arts organizations in the United States. In 2005, the Pastel Society of America made him one of their Master Pastelists, the highest honor that a pastel artist can receive.
Chen Hsientung
Nature is main subject of his creation, which he recombines and re-creates with his unique abstract language. His paintings are elegant and delicate with multiple textures. New media enrich his painting language while powerful colors stimulate reviewers. Differing from the Western reasonable abstract paintings, his works possess a peculiar Oriental free style and spiritual connotation.
Jan ChinShui
This artist's work joins traditional Chinese landscape painting with the oil medium, in which Jan's subtle use of special color-wash techniques and thin films of pigment projects the atmosphere and vividness of traditional paintings in a completely new and modern manner. Jan presents a natural and tasteful view of the melting of deep snows in the Tibetan mountains.
Rae Smith
Rae Smith, President of Pastel Society of America and elected MASTER PASTELIST by the Pastel Society of America in 1997, has exhibited her pastel paintings and oil paintings throughout the United States as well as Japan, China, France, Italy, Russia, Taiwan and Canada. Her paintings have won many awards.
Rae is listed in Who's Who in American Art and in the Dictionary of American Painters. Sculptors and Engravers. She has been published in Mitsukoshi Magazine (Tokyo), Pastel Journal, International Artist Magazine, Fine Art Magazine and Best of Pastel II.
Rhoda Yanow
Rhoda Yanow is a widely exhibited National and International New Jersey artist. She has been the Juror of Selection and Awards of many National and International Shows.
Among her many memberships she includes the Pastel Society of America where she was elected Master Pastelist in 1979, a recently resigned Vice-President and is a Live Member. Corresponding Secretary of Allied Artists of America. Direct of Pastels of Audubon Artists and elected Master Pastelist.
William Hosner
Williiam is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America and the Pastel Society of the West Coast. He has received the Gold Medallion and been inducted in to the Master's Circle of the International Association of Pastel Societies.
Best of Show, 2009, Pastels USA, at the Triton Museum hosted by Pastel Society of the West Coast, Santa Clara, CA Grand Prix de Sennelier, 2009, Salon International du Pastel, hosted by Art du Pastel en France, Giverny, France Grand Prize, First Place Figure and Still Life in the Pastel 100 Competition sponsored by The Pastel Journal.
