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well..here is some of KC's art

the creative process

Chinese brush painters attach great importance to realism and accuracy of detail. Yet the realities of science, source of light, space and time come second to the requirements of artistic expression. For example, with flower paintings sometimes a single flower hangs as if suspended in space, or the flowers of different seasons appear together.

Chinese painters aim not to express the various shades of color of the subject in relation to a fixed source of light, but to express the characteristics of the different subjects. For example, the adding of traces of brown or green to rocks, trees, leaves, grass and moss in a painting is used to reinforce the feeling of a particular season or state of the weather.

Artistic skill, and painting technique that has been traditional among Chinese painters for eons, are important aspects of the art.

Brush strokes give rhythm and beauty and reveal the artist’s unique style. Ink of various consistencies is ground from an ink cake on a stone slab using fresh water, and the ink is applied to best effect on Chinese papers: rice paper and silk. Objects of artistic focus include “the four gentlemen”: plum blossoms, orchids, bamboo, and chrysanthemums; also peonies, grapes, lotus, pines and cypresses, birds of all kinds, mandarin ducks, the intrepid tiger, mountain scenes of heavenly beauty, and countless others. 

How to paint a bird? The head and body can be outlined as two eggs. We draw…

(1)   one big egg as bird’s body

(2)   a small egg overlapping big one; add tail and beak

(3)   paint wings and legs

(4)   The eye is an important element to show character and beauty. Make dark center using white for brightness. Wings, legs and tail need realistic shape and color.

For example, the hill myna is a songbird that can imitate human speech. It wears dark plumage with a small white spot on each wing and a bright yellow flap covering each ear.

a brief biography

KC Horng was born in China, educated in Taiwan (B.A. 1965 National Taiwan Normal University), and completed diploma training at Singapore Nanyang Arts Academy 1999-2002. After retirement from the National University of Singapore in 2004, she immigrated to the USA and has lived in Laguna Beach since 2007. She continues her arts studies following masters Lan Huang and Steven Wang.

KC’s participation in local and international art exhibitions has earned her many awards:

• In China, she exhibited at Sun Yat Sen Memorial Arts Exhibition (Fuzhou); her art is on permanent display in the Fuzhou Art Museum.

• In Singapore, she was a member of the Fujian Artists Association which exhibited annually at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

• Local/regional exhibits have included: Orange County Fair, Yuan Chinese Brush Painting Association Arts Exhibit (Claremont, CA), various venues with Orange County Chinese Artists Association, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach Library, solo exhibits at Mission Viejo Library, jointly with Lan Huang at Tustin Senior Center and Lakeside Senior Center in Irvine, CA, and other exhibits.

• In Laguna Beach, she has exhibited at Art-A-Fair, City Hall, Suzi Q, Wells Fargo Bank, Woman’s Club, and Sawdust Winter Fantasy. KC Horng offers workshops at Art-A-Fair and Sawdust Summer Festival and Winter Fantasy.