Paint to Celebrate!
Art to inspire. Art for healing.
Sow good seeds to the souls.
- FanLuArt -
Paint to Celebrate!
Art to inspire. Art for healing.
Sow good seeds to the souls.
- FanLuArt -
I find comfort in the calmness of reading and music. I choose to draw and paint joyfully, recording the little moments of happiness with gratitude. I thank God for giving me my heart's desires as I commit my way to the Lord. - Fan Lu
About Fan Lu
陆帆 Fan Lu
Artist • Bibliophile • Educator • Wife • Mother
My name is Fan. In Chinese, 帆 is pronounced in pinyin as /fān/ and means "All is well" and "Sailing." At 25, I boldly decided to leave a full-time job at the Natural History Museum and become an art student learning Fine Art in the USA. I believe that God has been directing my steps on this faith-based art journey, and it has been an important calling for me to paint. Since then, I have had two solo exhibitions and participated in eight art group shows in the San Francisco Bay Area and Florence. I have also individually organized three art and music salons and hosted dozens of online bilingual music, art storytimes, and online art events.
Traveling and painting have allowed me to experience the healing process. I am also researching nature-based therapeutic expressive arts in education, combining my art practice and teaching. I am grateful to be growing as an innovative and versatile artist with a lifelong learning mindset. I enjoy experimenting and working on many art projects and motifs in Fine Art and Illustration and switch freely from small sketchbooks to large canvases.
God's word has been refreshing me while I am praying and painting. My inspiration comes from the feelings, emotions, music, imagination, life experiences, travels, walks in nature and towns, and books that enrich my mind and soothe my soul. I have always been passionate about singing and creating intuitive and spontaneous improvisational musical abstract paintings.
I am deeply committed to glorifying God and uplifting people through my art. My mission is to bring joy, inspire, and restore inner peace while radiating positive energy through my work. As an aspiring educator, I am grateful for the opportunity to practice and serve art communities worldwide, benefiting future generations. I have studied and lived in various countries, including China, Australia, the UK, Italy, and the US. Currently, I live with my husband and son in Alameda, a cozy island city in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.
Recently, I've been involved in various creative projects, including teaching online, working on three musical picture books, and developing my traveling series. I'm also collaborating on commissioning artwork, designing products based on my original artwork, opening online pre-orders for all my listed art items, and selling at two well-reputed local stores in Alameda, California.
I am grateful to use my brush to create, depict, and record individual experiences and share them with the world and future generations. All suffering will eventually pass, leaving behind a stronger mind and spirit. I am thankful for God's healing of my depression through art and nature because of God's amazing grace throughout my daily journey and for living a more joyful, fulfilling, and meaningful life.
My Personal Long-term Projects
- 2016-2024 | Art Journal Sketchbook: Daily Life and Travel
- 2016-2024 | Landscape Paintings: The Traveling Series
- 2016-2024 | Abstract Art: Music and Emotions
Freelance Work Experience
- 2020-2024 | Commission Art: Landscape, Cityscape, Biblical, Educational and Musical, etc.
- 2019-2024 | Family Art Ministry
- 2017-2024 | Clients: private collectors from all over the world
Onsite Art Teaching
- 2021-2023 | The East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda, San Leandro, etc.)
- 2017-2019 | Schools and museums in the San Francisco Bay Area (Redwood, San Mateo, Alameda, San Leandro, Oakland)
Online Art Teaching
- 2020-2024 | Bilingual Art courses for ages five to adults (students from all over the world.)
Event Organizer Experience
- 2020-2022 | 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 (Emphasis in Drawing and Painting) | Academy of Art University, San Francisco, USA (2016 Study Abroad in Florence, Italy)
- 2013-2014 | MSc Management and Organisational Innovation | Queen Mary University of London, UK (Degree Classification: Merit)
- 2009-2013 | BA Advertising Science (Mass Communication) | Shanghai Normal University, China (2013 Shanghai Outstanding Graduate)
Born
- October, 1990 | Shanghai, China