Shuxing Fan

Apples, Oil Painting

2021

Artist Comments
Artist Shuzing Fan depicts a bunch of apples in painterly strokes with his typical bright color scheme and brushwork. A mid-peeled apple lays on the surface next to a metal knife in the mundane still life. He channels impressionism in the style of sketch-like representation of the fruits. "The work was triggered by receiving a large number of apples from a friend who owns a farm," tells Shuxing.

About the Artist
Artist Shuxing Fan paints radiant classical scenes influenced by his formal college art training in the early 1970s. "My college study in theatrical set design was rigorously fine art oriented and heavily influenced by European and Russian educated mentors," says Shuxing. After finishing a BFA in Scene Design in Beijing, he moved to America and received his MFA from Boston University. With a career of over 35 years as a theatre set designer and scenic artist, his work has been seen on Broadway, on national TV, and at international conglomerates' events. Upon retirement, Shuxing took on the challenge to focus on painting again to fulfill his childhood dream. Today, he works from his basement studio which he finds to be a quiet, convenient, and creative working space. When he's not painting, he experiments with game engines to build virtual environments.

Words that describe this painting: apples, fruits, knife, tray, food, still life, oilpaint, small, kitchen, impressionism, impressionism, still life, oil painting, red

Apples
Shuxing Fan
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished white edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2021
12 in. h x 12 in. w x .6 in. d
0 lbs. 5 oz.