Shijun art published as cover image for Natural Awakenings

 I am most honored to have my painting "Serenade" selected for the cover of Natural Awakens magazine 2016 September issue. Also, a big thank you for the wonderful artist bio by freelance writer April Thompson----

''Art is healing and nourishment.'' Says cover artist Shijun Munns. "A world without art separates us from living our full potential. The creation of art is an expression of love, acceptance and gratitude.'

Munns' art draws in viewers with ethereal images of gardens, animals, mermaids, women and other evocative subjects painted in lush, warm colors. Munns is inspired by the beauty of nature, humanity and the fantasy world of fairy tales. Her cover work, Serenade, evokes the importance of friendship and the joy of music, as well as the peace and good fortune symbolized by the dove. 

Munns was born and raised in Foshan and is a graduate of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. She has received numerous awards for her artistic achievements in both painting and art instruction.

Her work has been exhibited in galleries and art shows across the US, China and Hong Kong, while her paintings can be found in private collections throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Munns now lives in the Atlanta area with her husband and pets, where she teaches art classes.

 Natural Awakenings cover artist bio page for Shijun Munns

"Serenade" 2006 oil on canvas 36"x36" by Shijun Munns. This painting is in a collection of a Japanese art collector

for more info:Natural Awakenings Magazine

Shijun Art.com
Shijun Art on Etsy
Shijun Art Studio Blog
facebook Shijun Art
 Shijun Art on Pinterest

Shijun Munns artwork published in Arts Magazine

 

I would like to share that my artwork was selected to be published in "Atlanta Show Guide---Holiday 2012 edition! Link to my art page in the magazine:

  Atlanta Show Guide-Holiday Issue 2012

  A Joy of Art: 

Shijun Munns art journey

Shijun cares about everything that could touch off an old days feeling: ancient poetry with implied meaning, ancient pottery with rough and simple design, flying faeries on the ancient Silk Road. Indeed, Shijun seems to look back into space-time while her paintings spring forward into our time to bring us images of deep and profound souls glimmering in soft, golden light. In Shijun's art it is impossible to discern the real from the imagined or the ancient from what is now.

It may be that Shijun's quiet life and gentle heart have enabled her to express dreams and emotions lost or hidden to the rest of mankind. She brings forth vivid images of life that draw us deep into thought and wonder and into a realm where we ourselves become lost in worlds full of bright color and soft light.

Shijun is blessed with an artist's eye and a poet's heart. Whether painting in oil or traditional Chinese painting, she is forever delighted by the results which seem to spring from a deep and ancient well that forms her artist's palette. Her muse gives her a love for oriental simplicity of form.

Shijun was born and raised in Foshan, an old town in the south of China full of history and famous for an active aesthetic nature. She is a graduate of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts 1987. Shijun is a recipient of numerous awards for her artistic achievements in both painting and art instruction. Shijun has lived in the Atlanta area since early 2003 with her husband and numerous pets. She teaches art classes at Callanwolde Arts Center in Atlanta and at her studio located in Lilburn.

 Shijun's friend and art collector Patty Hutton says, "Thank you for your beautiful images. This world of ours needs people like you who create inspiring art that lifts us up. Your paintings will bring me much joy for years and years to come."

Written by Charles Munns

Shijun Art.com
Shijun Art on Etsy
Shijun Art Studio Blog
facebook Shijun Art
 Shijun Art on Pinterest