Showing posts with label shijun art studio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shijun art studio. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 31, 2019

2019 Year in Review


 I am honor to have my oil painting “Peace Messenger” selected for display at the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art Exhibition "Metro Montage 2019”. My painting "Peace Messenger" was on display throughout the summer.
 My painting "Peace Messenger" in front of the Cobb Museum of Art 2019
 I am excited to be in a new gallery this year. North Park Gallery in located in Marietta, GA
My new painting "Dolphin Bay", oil on canvas 30x40". This year I participated in many fine art festivals throughout the southeastern US. It was great meeting friends and new collectors. Some art festivals from 2019:
Inman Park Art Festival
Virginia Beach Neptune Festival
Asheville Fine Art Show
Art in the Park, Marietta
And others
 Cultural trip to Britain and Northern France in September
 Stonehenge, England. Walking around the windy grounds of Stonehenge I instantly felt the energy from the universe..
 British Museum ~Discover two million years of past and human culture.
My favorite exhibit: Dunghuang Frescoes from the Chinese Buddhist Mogao Grottos.
 National Gallery of Great Britain-London 2019. So excited to enjoy these master's paintings myself that I have longtime loved.
Outside the National Gallery with a friend
 Beautiful sunset at Westminster, London, UK
  A stop at Mont St Michel, France. A perfect sunset evening: walk with sheep, watch the sea with seagulls, failed to wait until the tide rose
 Mont St. Michel at sunset while parting and looking back, the entire sacred mountain looks like a sacred being practicing ... tranquility, concentration, and energy flow ...
 I am honor to have my oil painting “Garden II” selected for inclusion in the 2020 art calendar by CFM International. In the past 30 years DFM has selected representative artists from company's client countries to produce these beautiful art calendars every year.
 CFM large calendar next to a smaller tabletop calendar.
 My brief artist bio from the CFM calendar for 2020
Southern Society Of Artists 2019 Annual Group Exhibition. This exhibit features a wonderfully eclectic selection of paintings and sculpture by SSA founding members. There will be artwork from emerging artists to longtime professionals and from classical art styles to contemporary leading edge creations.
My oil painting "Blessings" on display at the Southern Society Of Artists 2019 Annual Group Exhibition held at the Abernathy Art Center, Sandy Springs, GA.
 My oil painting "Golden Autumn" on display at the Southern Society Of Artists 2019 Annual Group Exhibition held at the Abernathy Art Center, Sandy Springs, GA.
 My oil paintings "Blessings" and "Golden Autumn" on display at the Southern Society Of Artists 2019 Annual Group Exhibition held at the Abernathy Art Center, Sandy Springs, GA.
Congratulations to Nicole Li, a 15year-old student of Shijun Art Studio, Lilburn, GA, took Third place in the 2019 National Junior Duck Stamp Contest in GA state. 
Congratulations to the Shijun Art Studio student for achieving 1st place GA State award, and 10 other outstanding students that have been selected as school and county winners in the Reflections 2018-19 art contest.
A big congratulations to all 7 Shijun Art Studio winners for this year's River of Words art contest! River of Words Art Contest 2019
I am so lucky to have many talented students at Shijun Art Studio. Here are some of the winning artwork from the State Fish art contest 2019, June
Thanks for an amazing 2019! Wish we all have a blessed start to a new year. Hello 2020! Happy New Year! May everyone find their own way and live out their natural joy and abundance! 




Saturday, February 9, 2019

Shijun Art 2018 Year in Review



I am honor to have been selected as an Asian artist in American for inclusion in the May edition of Unity, Celebrating Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. 

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 says. Art has been a part of Munns’ life since the age of 10. “I am devoted to the creation of art with an eastern spirit of tranquility and harmony wedded with the colorful vitality of Western art,” Munns notes.

“My art explores the cultural, spiritual and philosophical meanings of home through the celebration of women. “Summer II” is a representation of a Chinese woman wearing a traditional celebration dress. The colorful flowers depict life in the summertime, the white crane in her dress is a symbol of renewal; and the Guanyin figures or beings, in the background represent compassion.

“Peace flows from an inner sanctuary in ourselves,” says Munns, referring to “Peace,” a woman’s portrait with white doves-a worldwide symbol of peace-surrounding her head. Munns describes “Girl With Owl” a portrait of a young Tibetan and her bird, as a minimalist piece using negative space to draw the viewer into a world that is rapidly disappearing.

Munns teaches all forms of art, including Chinese brush painting and manga (Japanese comics). She is a founding member of the primarily Asian-American artist community in the Atlanta, Georgia, area that promotes the artistic essence of Chinese traditions overseas.

Taken from Unity, Celebrating Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, May 2018. Edition No. 90

 "Peace" oil on linen, 16x16" 2017 ©Shijun Munns
 "Girl with Owl" oil on canvas, 12x16" 2011 ©Shijun Munns
 "Summer II" oil on canvas, 16x20" 2012 ©Shijun Munns

 Oil painting “Dogwood Girl” have be Selected Group Exhibitions "The National Art Educators Association (NAEA)" member art exhibition 2018
  Oil painting “Dogwood Girl” have be Selected Group Exhibitions "The National Art Educators Association (NAEA)" member art exhibition 2018
Cultural trip to Holland June 2018. To see European blog click HERE
Cultural trip to Holland June 2018. To see European blog click HERE
Cultural trip to Holland June 2018. To see European blog click HERE
Cultural trip to Paris, France June 2018. To see European blog click HERE

Cultural trip to Paris, France June 2018. To see European blog click HERE
 Cultural trip to Paris, France June 2018. To see European blog click HERE
 Cultural trip to Paris, France June 2018. To see European blog click HERE
A creative trip to Great Smoky Mountains, October.
 A creative trip to Great Smoky Mountains, October.
  "Blessing" oil on canvas, 36x36" 2018 ©Shijun Munns

A wonderful creative trip to Cumberland, It is one of the largest undeveloped barrier islands along the Georgia coast. The National Park Service protects almost 36,000 acres of the island, including miles of unspoiled beaches.
 A wonderful creative trip to Cumberland, It is one of the largest undeveloped barrier islands along the Georgia coast. The National Park Service protects almost 36,000 acres of the island, including miles of unspoiled beaches.
 Online Art Classes in “Paint Your Heart and Soul 2018"
 Congratulations to the 3 Shijun Art Studio students for achieving 1st and 2nd place GA State awards, Charley Chen for his selection as a National finalist and 10 other outstanding students that have been selected as school winners and county winners in the Reflections 2017-18 art contest, March.
 Shijun Art Studio student Shannen Wang has been selected as the River of Words art contest 2018 National Grand Prize Art Winner, and other 13 Shijun Art Studio winners for this year's contest! April

Congratulations to Shijun Art Studio student Nicole Li win 2nd place National winner and Art Top Twelve Winner 2018, also the eight outstanding Shijun Art Studio students for winning the State Fish art contest 2018, June











Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Illustration for Children's book Wally & Filbert


 I am honored to have corroborated as an illustrator with my amazingly talented writer and friend Alizah Anne Kaite on her recent book "Filbert and Wally, Chattahoochee Daydreams" a children's book. Here is a link for info: http://www.filbertandwally.com/
 Original book cover painting by Shijun Munns
 Back cover of "Wally & Filbert, Chattahoochee Day Dreams"
 A small collection of some of my drawings for
"Wally & Filbert, Chattahoochee Day Dreams"
Alizah with me during a show and tell at a local school.
Wally is the Barred Owl and Filbert is a green Georgia Tree Frog. A barred owl and a tree frog learn about true friendship and self-awareness while hamming it up along the banks of the Chattahoochee River in Georgia. If you are interested in more information about this book click here https://www.filbertandwally.com/


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