Sunshine of Pamir
Artist Name:
Kuang Jian
Medium:
Digital Pigment Print
Release Date:
5/1/2004
Image Size:
30" x 22"
Number in Edition:
100
Price:
$1,000.00
Kuang Jian has long been interested in the minorities of the Pamir region in far Western China. As a student, he studied them in history books and when he was able to go there he found the people very calm and friendly and was attracted to them as subjects for his earliest paintings. He has used the young girl from "Sunshine of Pamir" in a few paintings and says he especially liked her eyes and the way she seemed to look beyond any problems she might have. Her costume in this portrait is actually Han Chinese, not typically Pamir, but he liked the way she looked in it when she suggested she would like to wear it for a portrait. The bright light coming through the window on the left side of the picture brilliantly contrasts the red costume and the dark, colorless background, making for a stunning portrait.
