Artist Statement:

Born to a family of artist in 1962 in Hubei Province, China, Haixia Liu was encouraged and instructed by his father and grandfather and began to draw at an early age. He started to learn graphic design at Hubei Industry Institute in 1981 and obtained BFA from Hubei Fine Art Academy, one of the best fine art schools of China. He worked as a graphic designer before moving to New York in the United States in 1999 as oil painting artist.

His paints landscape by using palette knife on canvas to achieve a fantastic combination between the impressionist light and color and the contemporary tastes. In 2003 he continued to work in Vancouver Canada, pursuing uniqueness of his style and quickly improved his skill to excellence.

Based in the United States, his paintings now can be seen in many top level galleries, like Herbert Arnot, Inc. on 57th street in New York, New Masters Gallery in Camel. He won many awards in competitions, such as “Rising Star of “Best of America” from National Oil and Acrylic Painter Society, Award of Excellence from Federation of Canadian Artist Juried Show and First Place Award of International Competition from ArtCrowd Magazine, New York. He is currently among top 20 artists of Bentley Publishing Group who sells his artworks worldwide.