Welcome to our collection of original, Traditional Chinese Brush Ink and Watercolor Paintings from Mr. Liu Jun Jie!
It is our great pleasure to introduce Mr. Liu Jun Jie and his watercolors to the international community!
We have several watercolor galleries on our website to display the unique artwork of Mr. Liu Jun Jie. Two galleries are Flash® galleries, but we leave this and the following pages for those who would rather not visit our Flash® galleries. If you have the time - as the Flash® galleries of Mr. Liu's Chinese Brush Ink and Watercolors do take a few minutes to load - and would like to visit our Flash® galleries, they are the: Liu Jun Jie Gallery - a gallery of current works; and the Liu Jun Jie gallery of Mirror and Glass carvings
Mr. Liu has been refining his ink and watercolor technique for over 20 years since his graduation from the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in 1986, and is rapidly becoming one of the most sought after "new" artists in China...although of course "new" here only refers to his increasing status as a major contributor to the world of Chinese traditional art. Mr. Liu has been studying painting formally since he was a young boy, first under his uncle and teacher Mr. Bai Hai starting in primary school, and then under the famous Chinese painter Mr. Wen Dujing starting when he was 18.
Mr. Liu began to explore his new style many years ago, incorporating both traditional Chinese brush ink and watercolor techniques and a refinement of his own unique style to create some of the most immersive paintings you will ever see. One can gaze for a long time at one of Mr. Liu's ink and watercolor paintings and get lost in the feeling his art draws just from a casual viewer.
Mr. Liu's watercolor landscapes are notable for his ability to really understand that nothing is static in nature, and his ability to paint these movements in nature. Following the traditional Chinese art technique of Chinese master painters, Mr. Liu never uses white paint in any of his paintings. Rather, Mr. Liu uses the white of the "Xuan Zhi" - or 1,000 Year Paper - that traditional Chinese watercolor painting must use - and "painting those things that are not white." The clouds, snow, frost, reflections in water...anything that should be "white" in one of Mr. Liu's watercolors, IS white, but it is not an added white.
Many Chinese artists follow this famous technique when painting images where the predominate color of their piece is white; but few, if any, can actually fill a painting with color and still leave the "white" unpainted.
Mr. Liu's "Carving Art on glass" are as remarkable for the detail as they are for their beauty. Mr. Liu has created such art on mirrors, windows; for example in entranceways/foyers, bathrooms - shower stalls surrounded by beautiful carved glass - is a must see!
"Frosted" is not the only color possible for Mr. Liu in his Carving Art on glass...he creates in color as well:
Some samples:
It is difficult to appreciate the uniqueness of any art unless viewing it in person, of course, but we hope that the pictures we provide here and in Mr. Liu's Ink and Watercolor Gallery pages will interest you.
Mr. Liu welcomes anyone visiting southern China; and for whom interest in Mr. Liu's Chinese Brush Ink and Watercolor paintings is serious; to contact us for a personal viewing. Mr. Liu lives close to the amazing China city of Shenzhen, so if your travel plans to China include Shenzhen, please contact us in advance of your journey and we will make arrangements to meet with you.
To obtain the best trade off between image quality and file size, all of our graphics on this and the next few pages of Mr. Liu's paintings, were optimized for the web using GIFbot® from NetMechanic.®
Mr. Liu's "non-Flash ®"Gallery pages for his Chinese Brush Watercolors begin at:
Some of Mr. Liu's mirror and glass carvings are at:
Carving Art on mirrors and glass.
Clicking on the thumbnails will open a larger picture for you. For Mr. Liu's carving on glass and mirrors, we show only parts of the art along with some details. For his larger paintings, we show most of the picture - albeit much smaller than the original - and again, some details.
Here's just one example of Mr. Liu's Carving Art on mirrors:
