Hydrangea Studio

How did Hydrangea Studio get its name?

Hydrangea ~ "Hydra" is from the Greek for "water." "Angea" is a "capsule"

Hence, Hydrangea is a "capsule of water" or "essence of life."

When I began to seriously take on Chinese Brush into my style of painting, one of the artists I was quite impressed with was an 18th century female artist named Yun Bun. One of her paintings was of a Hydrangea with a Mallow. I hoped to emulate the exquisite ephemeralness of her work. After a series of hydrangea paintings starting in '91, in 1996 I painted "Hydrangea Air" which I felt accomplished this ideal and the next year decided to call my studio after the flower. I hope my work does capture an "essence of life." "Hydrangea Air" is available as a giclee print.