HeSi

HeSi was born in 1962 in Beijing China and from an early age she demonstrated an exceptional ability to draw and paint. She was trained in her early teens by various Chinese masters including Zhang Wen-Xin.

This eventually led her to a degree at the Central Academy of Art and Design in 1986, and finally a position as an associate professor at the Fine Art Department of Central University of Nationalities. While in her teaching years, she produced surrealistic and naturalistic ceramic figurines of unique qualities just as the earth that shaped them.

Moving to New Mexico in 1992, the southwest art and Georgia O'Keefe's work had a profound impact on HeSi's desire to express herself and her insight into the mystery and beauty of Mother Nature.

Hesi moved again to California in 1995 and devoted her energy towards painting images of flower blossoms, focusing in particular on irises. Her attention to detail in these super-realistic paintings is uncompromising, and the results are stunning. Her irises not only lead one to appreciate the wonder of nature, but they also prompt us to contemplate the human condition.

The ever-changing characteristics of nature are translated in a direct message in her irises. Though presented with different colors and forms, her irises speak a common language of feminine strength and dedication. HeSi says, “Irises show more facial expressions and emotions than any other flower.”

HeSi captures the energetic forces within each iris through the veins and skin of the petals in a way that coveys to all of us the desire to live life to the fullest, with love, beauty and passion. Her works are exhibited in collections in China, Japan, United States, France, Singapore and Hong Kong.

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