Panda lover paints treasures
June 25, 2011, Saturday
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RAO Kang, 71, is obsessed with giant pandas. He has been painting the quintessential Chinese bears for over 40 years.
Rao was born in Yibin in Sichuan Province, home of the giant panda. His studio in the Zhuanqiao area of Minhang is like a trip to his native roots.
"I had a strong affection toward pandas when I was a kid, and I often visited the local giant panda reserve to watch them up close," he said.
Rao, who has held numerous exhibitions and won art awards for his work, paints China's national treasure with great affection. His pandas are chubby and lovable.
It takes him about four hours to finish one of his panda watercolor paintings.
Rao donates some of his work campaigns for the protection of giant pandas. In 2002, he was named a "philanthropic artist" by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the China Charity Federation.
After the devastating 2008 earthquake in Sichuan, he auctioned his paintings to raise money to help quake victims.
He demonstrated his painting skills in the Sichuan Province pavilion at the 2010 World Expo Shanghai, where 48 of his paintings were prizes in raffles.
He recently donated a painting of a panda family to Minhang Weekly, which publishes the painting on the newspaper, to mark Children's Day on June 1. In the painting, a giant panda hold a panda cub in her arms while two other cubs playing near her feet.
"The panda mother represents our country, while the cubs symbolize that children are the blossoms of the country," he explained.
Rao was born in Yibin in Sichuan Province, home of the giant panda. His studio in the Zhuanqiao area of Minhang is like a trip to his native roots.
"I had a strong affection toward pandas when I was a kid, and I often visited the local giant panda reserve to watch them up close," he said.
Rao, who has held numerous exhibitions and won art awards for his work, paints China's national treasure with great affection. His pandas are chubby and lovable.
It takes him about four hours to finish one of his panda watercolor paintings.
Rao donates some of his work campaigns for the protection of giant pandas. In 2002, he was named a "philanthropic artist" by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the China Charity Federation.
After the devastating 2008 earthquake in Sichuan, he auctioned his paintings to raise money to help quake victims.
He demonstrated his painting skills in the Sichuan Province pavilion at the 2010 World Expo Shanghai, where 48 of his paintings were prizes in raffles.
He recently donated a painting of a panda family to Minhang Weekly, which publishes the painting on the newspaper, to mark Children's Day on June 1. In the painting, a giant panda hold a panda cub in her arms while two other cubs playing near her feet.
"The panda mother represents our country, while the cubs symbolize that children are the blossoms of the country," he explained.
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