MY name is Zhenlian,I have been both Primary and Secondary school art teacher in China, now that I have retired from my teaching career, I spend all my time in painting and drawing. In fact painting is my most favorable pastime, it helps me forget the loneliness of age. I create art for the sake of joy. Skies are beautiful,sunsets,landscapes,animals and plants are fascinating, I enjoy reproducing them in my own way.

I spent almost 10 years in France where I ran about visiting all the galleries. I have gained recognitions from many French Art Institutions, but I have never entered any Art College in France. In fact I have not much formal training in painting, I have gone my way through self-taught and much practices. During the time I was in Paris, I earned my living by working as portraitist at Montmartre, this has given me chance to practise my drawing skills, I have drawn thousands of portraits and I have gained a lot of admirations from clients. I have participated in group exhibitions and held solo exhibitions in Paris, and I have gained very high comments.

My oil paintings are juxtapositions and combinations of the prismy colours. I love to cover my canvas with profusion of colours in their dream-like imageries. I like to draw animals and portraits of my pets and I like to imagine some stories around my pets.

I have had no training at all in Chinese paintings,recently I have started doing Chinese paintings and I find that I love it. The diffusion of ink and colours on paper give results which are different from oil on canvas, but I have a lot of satisfaction in doing it. In fact Chinese painting is the integration of the symbolic and the real which fits very well with my temper. All my paintings are not just reproductions of the reality,they are integrations of elements which reflect my inclinations for surrealistic imageries.

I am trying to arrange my paintings by thematic exhibitions. My other thematic site is : www.yilianart.com