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Home > Exhibits > Ling Lu: A Traveler with Watercolor a Virtual Exhibition

Ling Lu, Two Chairs, 2019, watercolor paint on paper

  • I painted this as if I was a jazz musician in a jam session.
  • Expressing how smart phones changed our lives. Inspired by "The Kiss" by Gustav Klimt.
  • Imagining raccoons in the night.
  • Salvador Dali's "The Persistence of Memory" came to mind after seeing a bird feeder tied upside down by raccoons in the night.
  • This is one image from a little picture book I made for the family, the book shows how my father-in-law built trust between himself and a raccoon.
  • Johannes Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring" was brought to mind by a raccoon's over the shoulder glance.
  • Inspired by the discovery that I have an asymmetrical face, two faces in one.
  • A reflection in a foggy window.
  • Capturing the sunshine, breeze, and colors of fall from the Tail of the Dragon in the Smoky Mountains.
  • My favorite coffee shop in Old City, Knoxville
  • Seeing a multitude of raccoon footprints one morning brought to mind Rembrandt's "The Night Watch".
  • This is meant to capture the spirit of Gatlinburg in 1950s.
  • My first painting upon arrival in Knoxville.
  • My first exposure to American football culture. Inspired by the painting "Luncheon of the Boating Party." by Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
  • The passage from a sleepless night to a hopeful morning.
  • Swiss chard is one of a series of eleven paintings commemorating a garden harvest.
  • Inspired by the dignity of a cardinal that visits me every day.
  • The Candy Factory as viewed from the Knoxville Museum of Art, with it's play of light and shadow.
  • In the morning seeing evidence of raccoon activity in our garden, I imagined a raccoon entering Caravaggio's "Basket of Fruit" still life.
  • My first visit to the Old City in Knoxville. I tried to emphasize the warm sunlight with dark blue shadow.
  • Inspired by a grape loving raccoon visit to my family's backyard.
Ling Lu: A Traveler with Watercolor a Virtual Exhibition

December 8, 2023-January 26, 2024

In 1997 Lu received her B.A. in Graphic Design from Qilu University in China. After graduating, she worked as a graphic artist before moving to Knoxville, TN in 2019. Since then, her work has been exhibited in the Knoxville Arts in the Airport exhibitions (2020, 2021 and 2022), Arts and Culture Alliance’s No Bigger Than a Bread Box exhibition (2021), The District Gallery’s Big Tiny Show (2022), and most recently, Arts and Culture Alliance’s No Bigger Than a Bread Box show (2023). More.

 

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