TITLE: PEACEFUL NIGHT
ARTIST: LILY XU

Lily Xu is a fourth-generation artist who at an early age was nurtured by her artist grandparents to develop her passion in classic Chinese style paintings. She uses Chinese watercolor methods to create striking work ranging from large landscapes that take days to complete to very small ones that involve only a few well-placed brush strokes on the rice paper. She follows the tradition of Chinese paintings — using elements of nature as the primary subject — but some of her recent work, though still graceful and serene, is more abstract.

Lily's interest in art led her to the Beijing University, where she studied Chinese literature and fine art. Following the training in Chinese literature and fine arts at Beijing University, Lily practiced journalism before pursuing her art career full time. After immigrating to the United States in the early 90s, she studied western painting techniques which helped her further develop her skills.

Lily's work is now part of many private and corporate collections across the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, South Korea and Singapore, included Austin Children's Museum, Asian Study Center of the University of Texas, Austin Asian American Cultural Center, The Blood and Tissue Center of Central Texas, Austin Public Libraries (Howson Library, Hampton Library and Yarbrough Library).