Faith · Art · Life | It is WELL with my Soul.

Peace of mind brings ultimate satisfaction! The tranquility in the park creates a beautiful moment. From the clear sky to the rising fog in the clouds, I always carry a thick coat because the weather can change so unpredictably. I love family time, and family is my priority. A lovely and close family has always been my childhood dream, and I am living my dream of having a united family. I am grateful to my husband and son for having my own family that I love; when I'm painting, my son plays, and my husband enjoys playing a musical instrument. It's a beautiful time for all of us!

Painting is a choice, but it is a channel to express my feelings, especially friendly for high-sensitive people, from my perspective. Based on my experience, creating art is NEVER a thing to cater to others; it is not only just a hobby for me, but also a career for me, and I STILL hold on to it; every dedicated work I am working on, whether it is my designed art courses, or my series of original artwork, sketches on location, or custom-artwork for collaboration, or even creating art gifts based on my artwork, or host art lecture, it is all must come from my willingness from the bottom of my heart.

Art is a way to heal and inspire—my philosophy centers around encouraging and healing others. I use art to express my emotions and work through my inner struggles. My art and its stories can inspire future generations as I grow and heal psychologically. My heightened sensitivity, intuition, and spontaneity have always been my advantages. I've had conflicts but always had faith in art, and as an aspiring teaching artist, I am curious about exploring art professions with a lifelong learning attitude and the LORD truly made a way for me! 

In my childhood, I was surrounded by judgmental voices and internal insecurities, which made it difficult to share stories from that time and for me to recall them. It influenced my growth, but gratefully, I am coming out of it. Indeed, it is an excellent GIFT from God to give me my son, so I am very grateful and happy being a mother to write the stories of my son's childhood and influence my children's and students' beautiful memories together. 

Working with meaning has always been my ultimate motivation. However, I increasingly love my life and myself, and of course, I am forever grateful for a higher power's unwavering support, endless love, and encouragement to set me free; it is WELL with my soul.

When I was painting in the Neptune Picnic Area at Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach in Alameda, the motif of trees has always spoken to me; I love their silence and stillness, and they hold so much wisdom. I was in a good mood while painting this on-location piece in Alameda, creating a positive vibe and energy. At the same time, my husband was playing guitar and singing beside me, and my son was exploring nature. It was a lovely family time.

Birds are fascinating; I am painting the songbirds of the Red-winged blackbird and Yellow-throated Warbler. Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?  - Matthew 6:26

In this video, I am happy to show you my small art bag for daily and traveling sketching on the go. I also share with you by flipping through my two pocket sketchbooks, which I created on-location, capturing life's precious moments while my baby son is always with me. After having a baby, I travel with my baby son. As a mom, I always carry a big mommy bag, so I minimized the art material bag on the go. Having minimal art supplies while I travel with my young baby works well, so I can still work on art whenever possible. I feel grateful for the journey.  

In this video, I will demonstrate how to create a travel art journal based on my experience of spending two months in Italy during the summer of 2016. The video is in Mandarin Chinese, but English and other language subtitles are available. I will also share six tips for creating a travel art journal. I hope this video will be inspiring and helpful to art and travel enthusiasts. Blessings to all!