Huntress Pursued

In a cave along the old silk road in China is painted the story of a child who escaped a village slaughter by raiders to be  raised by wolves.  Harm to travelers is said to be the work of her revenging ghost.

     Materials:  27 species of veneer, brass lines, satin lacquer finish.  48" x 60".  Yunnan School.  A collaboration.  Craftsman Gene Zanni.  1998.

Lotus and Poppy,

Concubines at Rest

There is a luxurious, sensual quiet to this picture that is unnerving.  The viewer is drawn to the mood, yet feels a tinge of embarrassment that he has yielded to sin.

Materials:  31 species of veneer.  Gloss lacquer finish.  Yunnan School.  Signed.  A collaboration.  1998.  Craftsman Gene Zanni.  48" x 48"

Wedding Dancers

Full of movement, excitement, and melody, Wedding Dancers was based on the pictorial legends found in the caves along the old silk road in Yunnan Province, PRC in the 1970's.  They inspired the "Yunnan School" style prominent among modern Chinese artists in the l980's and 90's.

23 species.  Yunnan school lines.

48" x 48".  Shellac finish.  2001.

A collaboratiion. 

Craftsman Gene Zanni.

Summer Song

Photography has not captured the true beauty of this image and the flashing brilliance of the veneer.  The sky, for example, looks like mother of pearl when lighted properly.

48 species of wood veneer.  Gloss lacquer finish.  36" x 60".  An interpretation.  1999. 

Craftsman Gene Zanni. 

Hummingbird #1

When you see the picture itself, the background looks like mother of pearl, and the red bubinga is almost translucent like a ruby.

11 species of wood veneer;  gloss lacquer finish.  Yunnan lines.  A collaboration.  Craftsman Gene Zanni.  36" x 36".  Signed.  1997

Hummingbird #2

Aikang painted twenty Hummingbird pictures in watercolor in the l980's, all based on her memories of life in China.

13 species of wood veneer, Yunnan lines, gloss lacquer finish.  An interpretation. By permission.  Craftsman Gene Zanni.  36" x 36". 1999