Cover of my 2024 calendar Background I wanted to print a calendar with my artwork years ago. It takes me years to collect 12+1 paintings that I like to put together. Finally, this holiday season I am able to try that. And I hope this would make a nice holiday gift for my family andContinueContinue reading “Printing 2024 calendar with my artwork”
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“Angel and demon” fantasy oil painting
Fantasy oil painting “Angel and demon” ©YueZeng2023 Initial thoughts The idea of “Angel and demon” appears at the moment I found this reference photo. Two tigers fight. One could be white with angel wings, the other could be black with demon snake tail. The feathered wings come from mythical creature Griffin. And the snake tailContinueContinue reading ““Angel and demon” fantasy oil painting”
Fantasy oil painting “Miniature horse”
Fantasy oil painting “Miniature horse” ©YueZeng2023 Initial thoughts The author of sci-fiction “Three Body Problem”, Liu, Cixin (刘慈欣) also has written many other fictions. One of them mentioned a miniature Pegasus that was created by a biologist. The miniature Pegasus could run on a desk and ate fruits. I like this idea. It has beenContinueContinue reading “Fantasy oil painting “Miniature horse””
Fantasy oil painting “Encounter brown bear and grey wolf”
Fantasy oil painting “Encounter brown bear and grey wolf” ©YueZeng2023 Initial thoughts The general idea of bear and wolf meeting each other started with movie “The Call of The Wild (2020)”. When Buck (the dog) became the leader of the wolf pack, he scared away the brown bear which used to terrify the wolves. ItContinueContinue reading “Fantasy oil painting “Encounter brown bear and grey wolf””
Fantasy oil painting “Ram skull waterfall”
Fantasy oil painting “Ram skull waterfall” ©YueZeng2023 Initial thoughts I was thinking something about ram skull. I painted it before in 2018 and loved it. However this time I didn’t want to do the still life again. I was looking for something unusual but also peaceful. Although the skull was from a dead creature, itContinueContinue reading “Fantasy oil painting “Ram skull waterfall””
Fantasy oil painting “Blue serpent and glowing eggs”
Fantasy oil painting “Blue serpent and glowing eggs” ©YueZeng2023 Initial thoughts This concept started with eggs. I wanted to paint some golden eggs. Then I thought glowing golden eggs could be more interesting. Next, eggs should be in nest. To make a story scene I prepared a snake around the nest so it had someContinueContinue reading “Fantasy oil painting “Blue serpent and glowing eggs””
Fantasy oil painting “Royal couple black and white swan”
“Royal couple black and white swan” ©YueZeng2023 Initial thoughts There are pair of white swan and pair of black swan. Why not one white swan and one black swan? In “Swan lake”, white swan is princess and black swan is evil. Why black swan has to be evil all the time? I am going toContinueContinue reading “Fantasy oil painting “Royal couple black and white swan””
Fantasy oil painting “Leopard woman”
Original fantasy oil painting “Leopard woman” ©YueZeng Background In 2002, animation version of <The Twelve Kingdoms> began to broadcast. At that time, I was not so interested in this story because the author, Fuyumi Ono (小野不由美) clearly borrowed almost entire mythology concept from ancient Chinese tales and history. The landscape, the names, the mystery creatures,ContinueContinue reading “Fantasy oil painting “Leopard woman””
Fantasy oil painting “Owl messenger”
Original fantasy oil painting “Owl messenger” ©YueZeng Initial thoughts I love to paint owl. I have ink drawing, gouache painting and oil painting owls. Barn owl – ink Great horned owl – gouache Barn owl This time I want to challenge myself to paint an owl with its wings and body, not just a bigContinueContinue reading “Fantasy oil painting “Owl messenger””
Fantasy oil painting “Mushrooms shelter”
Original fantasy oil painting “Mushrooms shelter” ©YueZeng 2023 Initial thoughts This starts with the mushrooms. I like the idea of putting two tiny mice under the mushrooms. They are hiding from the hunter, in this case, yes, the cat. Soon I gather enough reference photos for this piece. But I do have hard time choosingContinueContinue reading “Fantasy oil painting “Mushrooms shelter””