Shuxing Fan

Farm Road, Oil Painting

2023

Artist Comments
A muddy road cuts through a farm, winding across a grass-covered ground. The cloudy sky reflects on the puddle in the foreground, while a red house in the distance creates a subtle point of color amidst the greens. The soft strokes in the composition echo the style of 19th-century Russian painters, forming a tranquil and nostalgic rural scene.

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: farm, road, rural, mud, nostalgic, puddle, farm, farmhouse, tree, field, impressionism, landscape, oil painting, green

Farm Road
Shuxing Fan
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Painting wraps around edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2023
22 in. h x 28 in. w x .75 in. d
1 lbs. 14 oz.