Ying Li: What's In Front of Me

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Ying Li, First Snow, Wyoming Street, 2009, oil on canvas, 28 x 22 inches (© YingYing Li, Thick Summer, 2010-2011, oil on canvas, 28 x 22 inches (© Ying Li, courYing Li, Winter Lilies of Hanover #1, 2012, oil on canvas, 40 x 30 inches (© YinYing Li, Dartmouth Spring #4 (Weighty Green), 2012, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 incheYing Li, Cascading, 2010, oil on canvas, 24 x 24 inches (© Ying Li, courtesy of Ying Li, Saint Mary's River, 2007, oil on panel, 12 x 16 inches (© Ying Li, courYing Li, Bay, Cranberry Island, 2007, oil on canvas, 20 x 20 inches (© Ying Li, Ying Li, Cranberry Island, Reflected, 2007, oil on linen, 20 x 24 inches (© YinYing Li, Pool, Cranberry Island, 2007, oil on linen, 20 x 24 inches (© Ying Li, Ying Li, Town Dock, Stormy Day, 2007, oil on linen, 18 x 24 inches (© Ying Li, cYing Li, Sunset over Cranberry Island #1, 2007, oil on canvas, 12x12 inches (© YYing Li, Window, No Moon, 2006, oil on canvas, 17 x 15 inches (© Ying Li, courte

Ying Li / Eve Aschheim: Recent Paintings is on view at the New York Studio School from June 6 - July 20, 2013, Opening reception: Thursday, June 6, 6-8 PM

In a new video, produced by John Thornton, Ying Li discusses her approach to painting:

"I want to paint as directly as I can. I want each painting to really be individual. Always I paint outside - I paint in the summer, I paint in the snow, rain… because I like the change of the weather… I'm not interested in describing the place but more I like to get a feel of what's in front of me, what kind of a mood… The texture out there is incredible. I want the painting to feel like it's dug out of the earth. They're not a polished thing, they're rough, like tree bark. Painting is really not still, painting is a live thing. "

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