Bejing Calling: Professors JIADUO LI, ZONG GU, GUISHENG WANG, WEI ZHEN, LIN XIA JIANG

My painting of the little Boat House on the river in Fort Atkinson

In progress 

It was a great joy painting  with UWW Schuh visiting artist from Bejing China Professor Gu Zong on site in Fort Atkinson before their campus residency began.

Another Fort Atkinson landmark.

My study in progress; this was a quick one but so fun to paint with the artists...each painting imbued with the artists touch

This is where I had to leave it...not "finished" but that is the nature of these quick little studies.

Professor Wei Zhen with his paintings of the White Boat house and the Bridge!

Professor Guisheng Wang and Jiaduo Li teach the students and me Chinese Ink Painting; both in the studio and en plein air! I was so happy; the artists were giddy about the objects in the Natural and Inspired Object Collection that I started a few years ago.

Me, with one of my wonderful classes with Professor Guisheng Wang working in UWW Crossman Gallery"studio"

  On campus at UWW getting a lesson from the masters!  I love the rice paper and the immediacy of the medium! 
We have such a beautiful campus!

We had a great turn-out for the UWW Nature Preserve Paint a long.  Many students and people from the community along with the Provost, Dean, Chair and Willie Warhawk all showed up to paint along  with our visiting artists!  Thank you Craig Schriener for this photo and for the next one of me and Pat!
My student Aubrey brought her family to the event!  So great to meet students families!

Big shout out to the love of my life: Pat Moran!  Not only did he cover me at home while I was on the Schuh Committee but he came to the Prairie Paint a long and played mandolin!  Professor Gu Zong said it just right through google translate: " Your husbands music, played with such feeling, is now a part of all our paintings".  

We painted at a sod farm together!  Wish this was a better photo of my study...

Professor Zong Gu's study in the foreground mine deeper...we sat side by side not being able to speak but enjoying the unspoken visual beauty of the landscape and painting.

Julia, Wei Zhen and Gu...we took break to eat steamed corn in the field, it tasted great on a chilly day.

We also painted out lower Hebron Road, we met Mr. Danhert who owns the farm we painted...so incredibly beautiful! This is my little study...my very first barn painting!   These studies are quite fast about 2 hours...so many shades of green! 

Professor Gu painting the farm.

Professor Wei Zhen had a poetic and compelling way of communicating  intellectual and sensory ideas.  He touched each of us with his mastery and openness to creative thinking and being. 

I am honored to be pictured here with these amazing people!  This Schuh residency was a great gift to all of us.

It was wonderful to paint both in oil and in Chinese ink brush and see these master teachers/painters interact with our students!  This is Professor Lin Xia and Professor Gu Zong working with my class outside "en plein air" on campus.

Professor Wei Zhen teaching some of the students I am working with this semester.  Near the memory garden on campus....beautiful day.

Professor Lin Xia, Gu Zong and myself...a quick selfie!  What a pleasure.

It was a great deal of work to be on the Schuh committee this year; at times it was exhausting.  But at the end of the day I will remember the great friendships, artistic dialogue and the gift that this years residency was to our students and all of us.  The students above all benefitted from these remarkable people.   Professors JIADUO LI,  ZONG GU, GUISHENG WANG, WEI ZHEN, LIN XIA JIANG, I thank you!  And  Annette and Dale Schuh  who gave the donation to support this program, on behalf of our students, I am indebted.