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美籍华人，画家，64年生于湖北，在北京中国人民解放军艺术学院学习油画专业，1989年受国家公派来美国乔治亚大学艺术研究院。两年后定居纽约，87年作品被美国著名收藏家阿曼德.哈默博士收藏。作品长期在纽约SOHO画廊展出并被世界各国收藏家广泛收藏。出版有数辑李明顺男人体画册。

I paint Asian male figures.  I love to paint them because I am Chinese and very  proud of my ancient heritage.   I have been to many museums around the world, and find that most of the figurative art there shows western bodies, mostly female.   So I feel it is my responsibility to show the beauty of the Asian to the world, and to emphasize the neglected glory of the Asian male body.  This is my mission,  my dream, my passion.   My brushes are like my voice,  to tell the truth and beauty of the Asian male body to a world which is mostly unfamiliar with it.  There is a rhythm to my art, which follows the rhythm of the male body.  I love sinuous lines, flowing like waves of music.    I capture beauty with small changes in light and  color, aiming to find the beauty of the whole in the subtle details of the parts.  My paintwork is often soft, but  I want my viewers to feel strongly about my paintings.  All masterworks have energy inside and I want my paintings to have that kind of power.
 
 
 
Who do I paint?    I must  always be inspired by a model, so  I  pick only those who I know will help me to create a masterpiece.  My models are all my friends.  Most are young college students.  They are not just beautiful - they are intelligent and accomplished also.   This is a golden time in their lives, when their bodies are closest to perfection,  when their  enthusiasm and excitement and energy are the most intense.   Those are the qualities that I try to capture.   The models take their time to view my paintings,  to understand my techniques,  to absorb what I am trying to express in my work.   When we both feel that I can bring them alive on the canvas,  we participate together in the creation of  a painting.   They want to be part of  the unfolding history of the art of the male Asian nude.   They understand that I am a master of this art form,  and that  they are as privileged to be painted as I am to paint them.
 
 
How do I paint?   Above all I am dedicated to quality --  to the special quality that comes from painstaking academic technique.  For me this is a labor of love.    I had an academic education and I always enjoy the time and feeling and detail  that I put into my art. To me “academic” does not just mean formal or intellectual qualities - it means powerful emotional qualities also, that must be present in every part of the painting.   If a painting is not as great as I can make it, I do not want to show it to the  world at all!    When I start a painting I do lots of preliminary drawings to study the lighting, the line, the shading,  the anatomy, the composition, the relationships.  Then I put down a few lines to define the space on the canvas.  Next,  I use a very thin oil, rather like water color,  to set up the image.  Then I paint over and over,  layering the colors to create a richer effect.   For my flesh tones, for example, I use many thin glazes to achieve the right look in each part of the body.   A large oil painting can take one or two months to complete,  although sometimes I work on several canvases simultaneously.
 
 
What will I paint next?  My art constantly evolves,  for as my life and my feelings and my experiences change, so does my painting.   Because I aim for perfection I often surprise myself by the new ideas and skills that seem to burst upon me.  But although my models may change and my techniques may change,  my subject matter will never change.   I will always be a dedicated master painter of the Asian male body.