About the Artist

Born in 1953, Mian Situ trained in his native homeland of Guangdong, China and appears to be part of a remarkable cultural transference, This transference occurred when 19th-century European academic realism traveled to Russia under the reign of the Czars. There it developed in the service of Communism as Socialist Realism and was later imported to Mao's China. Western oil painting techniques were fostered in the People's Republic during the Cultural Revolution and were subsequently available to talented and hardworking young Chinese. Situ was one of the best, and when he emigrated to the west he brought his skills with him.

Mian strives to capture the dignity and beauty in the everyday lives of people in rural China as well as in the landscape of the American west. Whatever the subject, Mian's fluency of brushwork, subtlety of palette and mastery of composition are unsurpassed.

Mian Situ's debut in the United States began with the 1995 Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition, in which the judges recognized his exceptional talent, awarding him the Best of Show award. Mian continues to amaze his peers and exhibit jurors as well, recently winning several prestigious awards including the Best of Show at the Carmel Art Festival and the Artist's Choice Best Painting at the California Art Club's 90th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition.