Watercolors & Oils by Sandra Smith-Poling
For availability of originals, please contact us. Matted print sizes are: 11x14, 16x20. Additional sizes may be available on request.
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Buddhist Temple, Chengdu
New Year’s Day, Buddhist Temple, Chengdu, China Lunar new year festival lasts a couple of weeks and the incense, smoke, bright red/orange colors so very festive and begged to be painted. Families come to ask for good fortune/ good luck for the New Year. The temple is the Wenshu Yuan temple in Chengdu. My daughter, Victoria was studying in China for her junior year at the University of Washington and was an excellent guide and interpreter.
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$ 50.00
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Forbidden City
Winter with its mantle of white makes a marvelous backdrop to the reds and bright colors of the Forbidden City. Although it was a little cold, the clear air, lack of crowds and the beautiful architecture was inspiring. My daughter, Victoria was studying in China for her junior year at the University of Washington and was an excellent guide and interpreter.
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$ 50.00
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Li River
W/C View Along the Li River, China. A view of the mystical Karst mountains (limestone) along the Li River near Yangshuo. Cormorant fishermen on bamboo rafts plying their trade provided endless exquisite painting material. Every mountain has a name, usually of an animal, warrior or a legendary village persona. This was a trip with my daughter Victoria who was studying in China and acted as interpreter and tour guide.
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$ 50.00
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Lessor Gorge, Yangtze River Fishing
W/C Fascinating Sanpans along the Lesser Gorge of the Yangtze provided wonderful painting material during a winter trip with my daughter, Victoria (who was studying in China and is fluent in Chinese) as tour guide.
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$ 50.00
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Himeji Castle, Japan
W/C In 1333 Norimura Akamatsu, the ruler of Harima District, built a fort where the Himeji Castle now stands. ln1346 his son, Sadanori further expanded the fort. In the 16th century the fort was removed and a three story castle was built in its place by Hideyoshi Hasiba. This is the basic structure that is seen today. In 1601 Terumasa Ikeda started digging three moats around the castle building and completed the whole castle complex as it is in 1609. The outer moat is just north of where J.R. Himeji train station is today. After the Ikedas, Tadamasa Honda added some buildings in West Bailey. The Main Tower with the smaller towers and corridors connecting these towers have been registered as national treasures. The Cosmetic Tower, 27 ‘yagura', 15 gates, and 1,000 meter long earthen walls have been registered as important cultural treasures. A part of the middle moat, and the whole inner moat are retained as they were In the feudal times. The area inside the middle moat has been registered as a special historical site.* This painting was inspired by my son, Andrew Poling’s high school exchange to Japan. *Description courtesy of JAPANESE LIFESTYLE
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$ 50.00
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