The contact to the Hua Cui Chinese Artists Community/Tianjin was set up over the internet. The principal of the Hua Cui school, Mr. Zhou Yan, did contact me about three years ago the first time by sending an email. Time after time a closer contact developed as well as the idea that I could attend an exhibition was born.

First of all many, so that I am doing hard to describe in a few words.
Artistically it was a great enrichment to gain a bit of an insight into the artistic work of the Chinese artists.
Eastern art facing western art is full of suspense tension and I wish that it would be possible to show this in Germany too. The Language, the characters of the written words seem quite strange to us, although some of the characters are fascinating logical and somehow simple and picturesque reduced. In any way the writing of the Chinese is very close to painting.

Naturally there was discussion, but as far as I have been told, my paintings were accepted. I as well have been told by Email afterwards, that at the school there is no other theme at the moment, when it comes to my paintings.
Which paintings I did exhibit, as well as a photo documentary, can be viewed at my website at www.webparadise.com.

Except the national artists and art professors, as well artists from Finland, USA, Austria, Japan and me (for Germany) participated. Later I had the chance to see some of them at the school again. To attend the art-lessons and work there was a wonderful experience.

That art can overcome borders and open doors. The Chinese already have realised this.
The Chinese do have a highly developed talent for organising, they are very disciplined as well as inquisitive and interested as well as Chinese artists do have a fascinating painting technique and wonderful paintings.

That we are all the same - emotionally.
The distinctive kindness of the people.
Although China is not a rich country, everything was done very properly to provide our stay as comfortable and interesting as possible.