CHINESE ORIGINAL PAINTING XIAMEN UNIVERSITY FUJIAN ART

ANGELHOOD 

BY JACK LEE

THIS IS A VERY IMPRESSIVE OIL PAINTING OF A BEAUTIFUL MYTHOLOGICAL CHINESE GRIFFIN-LIKE CREATURE TITLED, "ANGELHOOD."  THIS HIGHLY TALENTED CHINESE ARTIST IS JACK LEE.   THIS PAINTING IS ORIGINAL, HAND PAINTED, SIGNED BY JACK LEE AND GUARANTEED TO BE AUTHENTIC.

THE DIMENSIONS ARE ALSO QUITE LARGE. THE CANVAS MEASURES 24 X 36 INCHES.  

THIS MASTERPIECE WAS CREATED IN XIA MEN CHINA IN THE FUJIAN PROVINCE.  THE XIA MEN SCHOOL OF ARTISTS ARE SOME OF THE FINEST ARTISTS IN THE WORLD.  THE UNIVERSITY OF XIA MEN IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE GREATEST INSTITUTIONS IN CHINA.   

IN CHINA, THE GROUP AND FAMILY ARE INTERPRETED DIFFERENT THAN IN THE WEST.  OFTENTIMES, ARTISTS COLLABORATE AS A TEAM TO CREATE ORIGINAL WORKS OF ART.  IT IS COMMON FOR SOME ART STUDIOS TO ACT IN A HIGHLY DISCIPLINED MANNER SIMILIAR TO A HIVE.  SOME PAINTINGS ARE FOREVER ONE OF A KIND ORIGINAL WORKS AND SOME PAINTINGS ARE CREATED SEVERAL TIMES WITH UNIQUE YET SIMILIAR QUALITIES.  THEREFORE, ONE CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT A SIMILIAR PAINTING WILL NOT BE CREATED AFTER THIS THEME OR WITH SIMILIAR PROPERTIES.  THE  BUSINESS LIAISON  I COMMUNICATE WITH IN CHINA HAS PROMISED ME THAT THIS PAINTING IS AN ORIGINAL AND THAT IT WILL NOT BE PAINTED AGAIN.  HOWEVER, UNTIL I PERFORM MORE DUE DILIGENCE WITHIN CHINA IN 2007 AND SET CONTRACTS IN PLACE, THIS ARTWORK SHOULD BE CONSIDERED SUSCEPTIBLE TO HAVING SISTER VERSIONS.  IN THE NEAR FUTURE, I WILL BE INVESTING IN SISTER OILS BUT I WILL BE INSISTING ON A STATEMENT OF AMOUNT OUTSTANDING AND NUMBERING.  NEVERTHELESS, MY LIASON HAS STATED THAT THIS ARTWORK IS AN ORIGINAL ONE OF A KIND PAINTING.  EVENTUALLY, TIME WILL TRULY TELL.  MY PROPRIETARY ART SEARCH DIRECTIVES SCRUTINIZE MOST OF THE CHINESE ART SOURCES ON THE INTERNET.  IF A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF REPRODUCTIONS HIT THE MARKETPLACE, I WILL DISCOVER THEM AND ACT AND AMEND ACCORDINGLY.

REGARDING THE MATURATION OF COMMERCIAL FINE ART IN CHINA, AS TIME GOES BY, THE CREAM WILL EVENTUALLY RISE TO THE TOP. THE BEST TEAMS WILL DESIGNATE LEADERS AND SOME OF THOSE LEADERS WILL BECOME THE NEW DALI AND PICASSO TYPE ARTISTS OF THE 21ST CENTURY.  I HAVE RESEARCHED AND SCREENED APPROXIMATELY 30,000 PAINTINGS FROM CHINA THUS FAR AND DETERMINED WHO I BELIEVE TO BE THE MOST ELITE OF ARTISTS CURRENTLY PAINTING. 

INVESTING IN CHINESE ART WILL HELP STRENGTHEN THE INTERNATIONAL BOND BETWEEN AMERICA AND CHINA.  IN A WORLD OF LIMITED RESOURCES AND EXPLODING POPULATIONS, THE TIME IS AT HAND WHERE MORE COUNTRIES ARE COOPERATING IN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY BY REMOVING TRADE BARRIERS AND THE FEAR OF TRAVEL.   FINE ART HAS ALWAYS BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF BUSINESS AND CULTURE.  CONSEQUENTLY, IN MANY INSTANCES, FINE ART HAS PROVEN TO BE A WISE INVESTMENT.

REGARDING CHINA, HERE ARE SOME INTERESTING RELATED FACTS:  MANDARIN CHINESE IS THE SECOND MOST PREVALENT LANGUAGE UTILIZED ON THE INTERNET.  AT THE CURRENT RUN RATE, MANDARIN COULD SURPASS ENGLISH AS THE MOST UTILIZED LANGUAGE ON THE INTERNET WITHIN THIS DECADE.  ALSO, THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE STUDYING ENGLISH IN CHINA RIGHT NOW THAN THERE ARE PEOPLE IN AMERICA WHO SPEAK ENGLISH.

I HAVE SPENT SEVERAL YEARS STUDYING THE ECONOMIC AND ARTISTIC CLIMATE IN CHINA.  AS A RESULT, I HAVE INVESTED IN CHINESE SECURITIES AND ARTWORK FOR MY CLIENTS AND FOR MYSELF.  INVESTING IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE ART OF CHINA HAS PROVEN TO BE A WISE IDEA FOR MANY DIVERSIFIED PORTFOLIOS.

THIS ARTWORK WILL BE SHIPPED VIA UPS.  A FRAME IS NOT INCLUDED.  A CUSTOM FRAME MAY BE PURCHASED FOR $400 HOWEVER, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BUYER USE A LOCAL FRAME SHOP AND DETERMINE THE PROPER FRAME FOR THEIR INDIVIDUAL DECOR.  MOREOVER, SHIPPING WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS IF SHIPPED UNFRAMED AND UNSTRETCHED.  THIS ARTWORK WILL BE SENT ROLLED IN A TUBE AND NOT STRETCHED.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DO BUSINESS WITH YOU.

REGARDS,

LAURENT ASHTON SIEGEL

SANTA MONICA OFFICE: 310-450-7316

A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY HAND SIGNED BY LAURENT ASHTON SIEGEL WILL BE INCLUDED WITH THIS SALE.