Song Qin

Song Qin, a bright, cheerful and even outspoken woman with a very serious attitude towards her heart was born in Guizhou province in 1943. Her hometown is in the district inhabited by many ethnic groups whose rich customs and colorful folk art excerpted a deep influence upon her which she carried with her through her studies at the Central Academy of Art and design in Beijing. Whilst working diligently to master the basic techniques of painting, Qin also followed extensive studies of Chinese and foreign art gaining a firm grasp of decorations and design which help to lay the foundation for her watercolor painting.

In her work she lays special stress on the composition and the decorative qualities of the painting by which she arrives at a distinctive style of her own. This can be clearly seen in her watercolor series entitled Flower and Plants. In still-life painting many artists concentrate their efforts on truth to nature in rendering the forms, but Qin prefers to think of the image as a whole not as a composite of individual, naturalistic parts. In her words, "I paint a vase of flowers placed before a window. The blooming flowers become a large, dense patch of dots. Above the flowers there are lines to suggest the lattice of t...

1960-1964
The Fine Arts Department of Guizhou University, China
1964-1969
Central Academy of Art and design, (Tsinghua University), China

Group Exhibition：
2012 Houston Watercolor Society “35th Annual International Juried Exhibition, TX
2011 Houston Watercolor Society “34th Annual International Juried Exhibition, TX
2010 Houston Watercolor Society “33rd Annual International Juried Exhibition, TX
2009 Houston Watercolor Society “32dn Annual International Juried Exhibition, TX
Paerl Art museum, “Houston watercolor Award works exhibition”, TX
2006 North East Watercolor Society “30th Annual International Juried Exhibition”, CT
2005 Pen & Brush, Inc “The Group show for winners”, NY, NY
North East Watercolor Society “29th Annual International Juried Exhibition”, CT
2004 Kent Art Association “President’s Show”, CT
Kent Art Association “Fall Show”, CT
Pen & Brush, Inc Women Artists residing in the US” NY, NY
2000 “The 7th Biennial North American Open Show”, Boston, MA
1998 “The Works of Outstanding Chinese Watercolor Artists”, Macao

Solo Exhibition
1999 Lumiere gallery, Savannah, GA
1997 Norton’s oriental gallery, Newport RI
Lumiere gallery, Savannah, GA
1996 Lumiere gallery, Savannah, GA
China National Art museum, Beijing China
1994 Qaust gallery, Taos, NM
The President of Art g...