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Flowers
George Lin
9.25 in x 9.25 in
Original:$2,000 Buy

Sunflower
George Lin
9.25 in x 9.25 in
Original:$2,000 Buy

Hillside Green
George Lin
10.25 in x 10.25 in
Original:$2,500 Buy

Autumn Apple Delight
George Lin
18.25 in x 9 in
Original:$4,000 Buy

Evening Pleasure
George Lin
11 in x 8.5 in
Original:$1,800 Buy

Green Wonderland
George Lin
20 in x 18.5 in
Original:$8,000 Buy

Artist:  George Lin's Portpolio
 
Biography: 

Art Exhibitions:

2000        NAN Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2000        Taipei Natural Fine Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1998        Palos Verdes, Sold Show
1996        Live Oak Gallery, Arcadia, California
1996        Shi Juku Art Expo, Shi Juku, Tokyo, Japan
1995        National Art Gallery of China, Beijing, China
1993        Contemporary Art Gallery, Torrance, California
1993        South Bay Contemporary Art Museum
1993        Los Angeles Art Expo
1992        Chinese Art Gallery, San Francisco, California
1991        Ke Shan Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1991        National Taiwan Art Education Institute, Taiwan
1989        Eastern Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1987        Huntington Beach Art Gallery, Huntington Beach, California
1984-87    Chinese Culture Association of Southern California Annual Exhibition
1977        Paraguay
1976        Argentina
1974        Brazil
1970-71    Taipei, Taiwan

Achievements:
1989        First Place, San Gabriel Fine Arts Association
1968        First Place, National Taiwan Art Exhibition
1964        Second Place, National Taiwan Normal University Art Exhibition

Awards:
1994        Excellence in Visual Arts, by the fine Arts Commission of the Torrance Mayor and City Council
1988        Merit Award, by the County of Supervisor of Los Angeles County
1988        Merit Award, The Committee to Conserve Chinese Culture, Los Angeles, CA

Education:
1964 - B.A
Department of Fine Arts
National Taiwan Normal University
Taipei, Taiwan

Experience:
1965 - Present
Art Professor/Instructor at the following institutes:
Coastline Community College, Costa Mesa, California
Torrance Unified School District, Torrance, California
Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, California
South Bay Adult School, Redondo Beach, California
Chuan Yuan University, Chung Li, Taiwan

Statement: 

A striking character of Mr. Lin's paintings is his outstanding mastery of the brush work of traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy, combined with the elements that he has absorbed from Western art. Bold, vigorous brushstrokes and a strong sense of color form a perfect union in his works to produce a unique artistic charm. In this sense, Mr. Lin, through his long and fruitful exploration, has indeed built a bridge between Eastern and Western art.

The employment of lines is one of the basic techniques of traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy, yet also the soul of Chinese art. And the paintings on exhibition here demonstrate Mr. Lin's exceptional understanding and command of this technique. In these paintings, Mr. Lin puts special emphasis on the application of the tip of the brush, creating lines that are steady and energetic. In the meantime, however, he does not refrain from -utilizing the side of the brush to present lines of a difference, character: graceful and elegant. In addition to lines, Mr. Lin also applies generously large patches of color, which were once the exclusive domain of Western art, and uses them to achieve a most vivid result. Last, but not least, Mr. Lin is superbly successful in manipulating the blank in his works--a favorite technique of traditional Chinese art--to create the illusion of an expansive, gradational space. As a result, his paintings often speak volumes where the artist's brush has never even touched, leaving much to the imagination of the audience.

The flowers in Mr. Lin's art works, created with the splash-ink technique using both Chinese ink and water color, represent another aspect of his daring ingenuity. For ordinary artists, the mixing of Chinese ink and watercolor and of rice paper and dark ink is a forbidden realm, especially in free-hand painting, for even a slight mishandling of the process would plunge the endeavor into utter chaos. In breaking with convention and deliberately taking this perilous approach, Mr. Lin not only demonstrates his remarkable vision and courage, but also manages to reach a level of clarity in his paintings boasted only by a selected few. Even the darkest patches of ink under his brush appear extremely rich in gradations. This is truly an extraordinary artistic result, accomplished only through the artist's extraordinarily bold strategy.