Celebrity Media Commentator: Recently, Li Su (pen name: Li Bensu), a renowned female painter and member of the Sichuan Artists Association, successfully hosted a unique painting art seminar with her students in New York. The seminar attracted art enthusiasts and her students, who gathered to experience her profound understanding of art and her boundless passion for painting.
Li Su's idea to hold this seminar stemmed from her plan to return to her hometown of Chengdu in early October. A few months ago, she traveled to the U.S. and lived in Brooklyn, New York, where she came across a nonprofit organization called the Chinese Christian Herald Crusades (CCHC) that offered painting classes. There, she met several art enthusiasts and volunteered as a painting instructor, developing deep connections with her students. As a result, she decided to hold this seminar before heading back to China.
Li Su, born into an artistic family, was deeply influenced by her predecessors and showed early talent in sketching, watercolor painting, oil painting, and traditional Chinese painting. As a native of Chengdu, Sichuan, she is not only a member of the Sichuan Artists Association but also an active painter with the Sketch China Club and the Sichuan Huaxi Xu Beihong Zhang Daqian Art Institute. She focuses on exploring the fusion of traditional Chinese art with Western artistic techniques. Throughout her artistic career, she has participated in numerous provincial and city-level painting competitions and exhibitions, receiving several accolades and gradually becoming a prominent figure in both the domestic and international art scenes.
The recent seminar in New York not only showcased Li Su's outstanding works in oil painting and traditional Chinese painting but also enriched the attendees with profound artistic insights through her interactions with students. Using her many years of painting experience as a foundation, she shared how constant sketching and practice have honed her creative skills. Li Su fondly recalled her time traveling across China with her students, drawing inspiration from the country's landscapes and rural areas, as well as her experiences painting while traveling in the U.S., expressing how nature provides an inexhaustible source of inspiration for artistic creation.
其中，她的代表作《乡村三月》，一幅25cm x 70cm的布上丙烯油画，以细腻的笔触展现了中国乡村的自然之美，充满了生动的乡土气息和独特的艺术表达。李素的创作风格既富有传统文化底蕴，又融入了现代艺术的色彩和手法，作品深受海内外藏家的喜爱。
座谈会上，李素还鼓励更多年轻艺术家勇敢追求梦想，拥抱艺术创作的多样性与可能性。她以师者的身份，热情地与学生们探讨了创作中的挑战与突破，强调了对艺术的执着与热爱是成功的关键。
This seminar not only provided a valuable learning opportunity for art enthusiasts but also served as a bridge for cultural exchange between Chinese and Western art. Li Su's students, Chen Jing and Gui Bing, expressed that listening to their teacher's artistic insights in person and experiencing her deep passion and professional guidance for art was incredibly rewarding. After the seminar, the atmosphere remained lively, with participants eager for more, hoping for future opportunities to engage and interact with Li Su.
The painting art seminar hosted by Li Su undoubtedly brought a fresh wave of cultural vitality to New York's art scene and added a significant chapter to her international artistic journey. Through continuous practice and exploration, she showcased the unique perspective and artistic achievements of a Chinese artist, continuing to shine on the global stage.
