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    Brenda Louie's artworks incorporate Chinese calligraphy and explore themes from her personal life experiences growing up in rural China and Hong Kong. The narrator attended a gallery tour led by Louie where she discussed eleven large abstract paintings on display. Louie's favorite piece, Sky Gardens Series VIII, uses contrasting organic and geometric shapes combined with Chinese calligraphy added by another artist after completion. While pursuing art went against her family's wishes, Louie managed to complete college twice to follow her passion. The narrator was most intrigued by the vulnerability of Louie opening her artwork to outside influence and felt the experience opened their eyes to new possibilities in art.

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    Brenda Louie's artworks incorporate Chinese calligraphy and explore themes from her personal life experiences growing up in rural China and Hong Kong. The narrator attended a gallery tour led by Louie where she discussed eleven large abstract paintings on display. Louie's favorite piece, Sky Gardens Series VIII, uses contrasting organic and geometric shapes combined with Chinese calligraphy added by another artist after completion. While pursuing art went against her family's wishes, Louie managed to complete college twice to follow her passion. The narrator was most intrigued by the vulnerability of Louie opening her artwork to outside influence and felt the experience opened their eyes to new possibilities in art.

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    Brenda Louie's artworks incorporate Chinese calligraphy and explore themes from her personal life experiences growing up in rural China and Hong Kong. The narrator attended a gallery tour led by Louie where she discussed eleven large abstract paintings on display. Louie's favorite piece, Sky Gardens Series VIII, uses contrasting organic and geometric shapes combined with Chinese calligraphy added by another artist after completion. While pursuing art went against her family's wishes, Louie managed to complete college twice to follow her passion. The narrator was most intrigued by the vulnerability of Louie opening her artwork to outside influence and felt the experience opened their eyes to new possibilities in art.

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    Brenda Louie's artworks incorporate Chinese calligraphy and explore themes from her personal life experiences growing up in rural China and Hong Kong. The narrator attended a gallery tour led by Louie where she discussed eleven large abstract paintings on display. Louie's favorite piece, Sky Gardens Series VIII, uses contrasting organic and geometric shapes combined with Chinese calligraphy added by another artist after completion. While pursuing art went against her family's wishes, Louie managed to complete college twice to follow her passion. The narrator was most intrigued by the vulnerability of Louie opening her artwork to outside influence and felt the experience opened their eyes to new possibilities in art.

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    Kyle Anstess

    Art 3A- Section 1


    Professor Chirapravati
    December 16, 2015
    EC-Works by Brenda Louie
    On September 17th, I went to the gallery to observe the paintings by Brenda Louie, with a
    private tour lead by Brenda herself. When she discussed her work, she also talked about her
    personal life experiences and story appeared and impacted her pieces. From what I saw and she
    pointed out, she included a lot of Chinese calligraphy in her art, such as the social piece Mapping
    of Memory Series- Foot Journey Series I and Sky Garden Series VIII. In her discussion, she
    pointed out how she started out in rural Southern China, then went to Hong Kong, and eventually
    made her way over to the states to pursue her college career. What was really interesting to me is
    how she went from first pursuing and making a good living with a Bachelors in Economics to
    going back to her true passion in art. Although, she had come, sought, and accomplished getting
    her Bachelors in Economics liked her parents wished, and was well trained in Chinese
    calligraphy and landscapes, she didnt receive full support to pursue her love of art (specifically
    drawing and painting). However, she managed to put herself through college a second time.
    When I first saw the gallery I was taken back by the sheer individual size of each, at least
    four feet tall. The colors were also impactful and vibrant, especially the reds. Out of the eleven
    artworks present, my favorite had to be the Sky Gardens Series VIII piece that was 8 feet tall and
    5.5 feet wide. The way she used the oil paint to create contrasting organic and geometric shapes
    that still worked well together was highly impactful. Even more impactful and intriguing to me
    was the fact was she had someone come in and write in Chinese calligraphy on the piece when
    she was done. While opening up her own piece to be written on was somewhat vulnerable itself
    for an artist, it seemed even more vulnerable to me that this person wrote specifically about a
    loved one who had passed. Another characteristic about this piece I enjoyed was the abstract
    sense of a garden, not a specific or detail of a garden.
    For those who havent seen these pieces, it is a must and eye opening experience to the
    other possibilities of art, such as abstract. As a whole, you can see more common characteristics
    carried throughout the pieces such as spiral motifs that may resemble the cycle of life motif in
    her Flowers from the Sky Series, as well as Rivers United. Another characteristic, also seen in
    these pieces is the use of line, both hard, soft, and dotted. The lines also appear as both fast or
    slow line, which adds to the depth and emotion of her dedication to her artworks. An interesting
    point about one of the pieces, Mapping of Memory, while line plays a big part in the foreground,
    middle ground, and background, theres a play on numbers with mixed media. This play with
    numbers may be a reflection of her past in economics. Overall, it was an enjoyable experience
    and her work had a profound effect on how I observe future and present works, both my own and
    others.

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