Although I speak both Mandarin and English, art is my first language – the way in which I most enjoy communicating with the world. Growing up in China, my artistic training was in various mediums: Chinese brush painting, calligraphy, woodcarving, and cartoon drawing.

In medical school my scientific studies of anatomy furthered my understanding of it artistically. I was the illustrator for two medical books I have written. An awareness of the human form, and how it changes over time, is essential to me to understanding it from an artistic perspective. I try to take this understanding to all forms of nature, to capture not only an image, but also a sense of place, purpose, and the passage of time in my art.

Since I began oil painting, I have become profoundly moved by the sophisticated yet subtle ability of the oil paint brush to express colors, ambiance, and emotions. The oil works of classical British, Dutch and Russian painters inspire me, and my focus is landscapes. The natural environment often stuns me, surprises me, and the outdoor world allows me a chance to inject my own sensation into a painting.