Art to inspire. Art for healing. Sow good seeds to the souls.
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about Fan Lu
Artist Statement
Painting is a calling from God. It is also my way of storytelling. I paint landscapes to show appreciation for nature. Oil painting and watercolor are my most frequent mediums. When I paint in watercolor, I feel peaceful and calm. While painting in oils, I express more energy and apply my emotions on canvas. Most of the time, I paint in my traveling journals using watercolor. After returning to the studio, I work on large oil paintings of nature, the sceneries filled with memories of travelings that impressed and touched me. Throughout the traveling journey and painting process, I am inspired and refreshed by recording the happiness and inspiration that life offers. My goal is to inspire, through sharing my peaceful art and intuitive paintings, my stories of the art healing process, and to deliver messages that encourage people to show appreciation and gratitude for nature because we humans and nature are in harmony. My current Artwork series is about Landscape and Memory: The Traveling Series of Landscape Paintings, which includes three parts: Traveling in the USA, Traveling in Norway, and Traveling in Italy.
Artist's Biography
My Story: Being a Wife. Mom. Artist. And most importantly, being Me.
After leaving a full-time job working in the Natural History Museum in 2016, I came to the USA to study painting. It was a calling for me to paint. It is an important work given to me by God, and I cherish every moment. In September 2017, my first baby boy was born and I became a Mom. Being a young mother and an artist is a big challenge because I have to study hard while pursuing my second Master’s degree, and raise a child simultaneously. Throughout my journey, I know that without God I can do nothing. The traveling and painting journey let me experience the healing process, and I am also researching nature-based therapeutic expressive arts in education, combining my own art practice and teaching. As a landscape painter, traveling is an important part of my creative work. Before, I really enjoyed solo travelings; now being a mom, I bring the child with me to travel. Between 2016 and 2019, I have had one solo exhibition and have exhibited in eight art group shows in the San Francisco Bay Area and Florence, as well as individually organized three art music salons, exhibitions, and events. Besides painting the fine art landscape, I also paint Music in Abstract and work on illustrating musical picture books and serving in art education. So far, I have lived and studied in Shanghai, Brisbane, London, Florence, and San Francisco. Currently, I am living with my husband and child in California.
Resume
Online Art Teaching
- 2020-2022| Bilingual Art courses designer and Art Educator
Freelance Work Experience
- 2020-2022 | Commission Art: Biblical, Educational and Musical, etc.
- 2017-2022 | Clients: private collectors in China, USA, Italy and Japan
Event Organizer Experience
- 2020-2021| Online Art Events Series
- 2019| Parenting With Art | Alameda
- 2019| SailingBoat Art and Music Salon | Oakland
- 2019| Spark Joy | Alameda
Solo Exhibition
- 2019| Landscape and Memory: The Traveling Series of landscape paintings | Alameda
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2018| Chinese Art Gallery Group Show: Stories on Canvas | San Leandro
- 2018| Frank Bette Center For the Arts Group Show: Simple Pleasures | Alameda
- 2018| 100 UNDER 100 Group Art Show in Studio 23 Gallery | Alameda
- 2018| Alameda County Fair Fine Art Contest & Group Exhibition | Pleasanton
- 2018| Pacific Art League 2018 Group show | Palo Alto
- 2017| Pacific Art League Group exhibition “What is not to love” | Palo Alto
- 2016| Academy of Art University gallery show: Summer in Italy | San Francisco
- 2016| Italy Florence SRISA school gallery show | Florence
Education
- 2016-2019| MA Fine Art | Academy of Art University | USA
- 2013-2014| MSC Management and Organizational Innovation (Degree Classification: Merit) | Queen Mary University of London | UK
- 2009-2013| BA Advertising Science | Shanghai Normal University | CHINA (2013 Shanghai Outstanding Graduate)
Born
- Shanghai, China | October. 1990
my Artwork 绘画作品
SCRIPTURE Card Painting 2022新年
Music Illustration 歌谱音乐插画
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Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
-2 Corinthians 9:7
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