You paint such beautiful trees! I find them to be very hard subjects to paint even though they are ‘technically’ stationary creatures. It’s all about capturing their gestalt, the lay of the leaves and branches and, of course, the brilliant colors! Thank you for creating this very inspiring blog 🙂
Hi Gallivanta, Those are my chops, hand-carved in China. One says “Hope” or in Chinese “Rare Expectation.” The other is my name Bei Fu Li. I lived in Guam as a child, so have always been pulled towards Asian art. Thanks for asking! I enjoy them and want to get a small round one!
How lovely. I was curious because the other day I met a young lady with a bangle made of wooden beads given to her by her family (in China, I think). And each small bead had a hand carved character on it that meant something special, like Hope etc. I wondered if your red letters were similar and it seems they are. 🙂
March 31, 2013 at 7:48 pm
You paint such beautiful trees! I find them to be very hard subjects to paint even though they are ‘technically’ stationary creatures. It’s all about capturing their gestalt, the lay of the leaves and branches and, of course, the brilliant colors! Thank you for creating this very inspiring blog 🙂
April 1, 2013 at 8:11 am
What a lovely compliment! Glad you stopped by. Looks like you are living a very nature inspired life!
May 7, 2013 at 4:42 am
May I ask what are the little red letters that you have on some of the paintings? Are they descriptions? Or verses?
May 7, 2013 at 9:11 am
Hi Gallivanta, Those are my chops, hand-carved in China. One says “Hope” or in Chinese “Rare Expectation.” The other is my name Bei Fu Li. I lived in Guam as a child, so have always been pulled towards Asian art. Thanks for asking! I enjoy them and want to get a small round one!
May 7, 2013 at 9:30 am
How lovely. I was curious because the other day I met a young lady with a bangle made of wooden beads given to her by her family (in China, I think). And each small bead had a hand carved character on it that meant something special, like Hope etc. I wondered if your red letters were similar and it seems they are. 🙂
May 8, 2014 at 9:33 pm
A beautiful collection of trees, I loved looking at them as a group, tried to pick my favourite, but couldn’t….
May 9, 2014 at 7:00 am
Thank you. Such a warm comment. I should do a collection of owls! Have seen about three this spring. I’m glad you come to visit my blog!