Archive For The “Suzhou Art” Category
2018 Gouache on paper 10.25 x 6.75 in Chinese Garuda (Suzhou, China) is an gouache painting by Travel Writer and Travel Painter Dave Alber. Chinese Garuda depicts a Chinese street cleaner on his three wheeled vehicle. The man wearing bright yellow riding in a cart with its large, seemingly bird-like, tail feathers reminded me of Hindu images…
2018 Gouache on paper 10 x 7.61 in Suzhou Center Mall in the Rain, East Side (Suzhou, China) is a gouache illustration for Dave Alber’s travel article on Suzhou Center. Suzhou Center Mall in the Rain, East Side (Suzhou, China) is featured in the art catalogue Dave Alber: Travel Art 2018: Part 1: Intimations. Only the…
2018 Oil on canvas 12 x 10 in Dushu Lake Church (Suzhou, China) is an oil painting by Travel Writer and Travel Painter Dave Alber. Dushu Lake Church is in Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) in Suzhou, China. The church is operated by the Suzhou International Fellowship, a non-denominational Christian Church serving the expat community in Suzhou….
2018 Gouache on paper 12 x 10 in Eating with Friends at Dachengfang Guanqian Night Market (Suzhou, China) is a gouache illustration of friends eating at a Chinese night market. The night market is the Dachengfang Guanqian Night Market to the west of the Temple of Mystery in Leqiao, Suzhou. Please contact Dave Alber to purchase…
2018 Gouache on paper 7.1 x 10 in “WAIGUARAN!” (Suzhou, China) is a gouache painting of a boy and his grandfather riding home in a bicycle rickshaw. They boy is surprised at seeing a foreigner (“waiguaran”). “WAIGUARAN!” (Suzhou, China) is featured in the art catalogue Dave Alber: Travel Art 2018: Part 1: Intimations. Only the rare…
2018 Gouache on paper 9.96 x 7.1 in Suzhou Center Mall in the Rain, East Entrance is a gouache illustration for Dave Alber’s travel article on Suzhou Center. Suzhou Center Mall in the Rain, East Entrance is featured in the art catalogue Dave Alber: Travel Art 2018: Part 1: Intimations. Only the rare art catalogue can…
Have you ever lived abroad? How did people respond to you as a foreigner? What were some of the sights and experiences that you are grateful to have had due to your living — not simply tourist-ing — abroad? What comparisons and contrasts did you make between the foreign culture and your own? What were…
2018 Gouache on paper 7.4 x 9.6 in Approaching Dongwu Temple on Chinese New Years Eve (Suzhou, China) is a painting of a Chinese temple in Suzhou, China. “This gouache painting was made after we visited the temple on New Year’s eve in the rain. I remember the reflection of the temple in the rain-soaked…
2018 Gouache on paper 7.4 x 9.6 in Little Tiger at the Fruit Stand (Suzhou, China) is a 2018 painting in gouache by Dave Alber. It was created after visiting the fruit stand at a market in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China on a Saturday morning. At the fruit stand we saw this little tiger playing with his…
2018 Chinese ink on paper 7.4 x 9.6 in This early painting is done in the style of the Chinese brush paintings. It has bold brush strokes and simple lines in black ink like Chinese art since the Song Dynasty. The red Chinese stamp is “David” in Chinese (DaWei 大伟) in Han Dynasty characters. The…
