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Tag Archive: Artist

90% Luck and a Lot of Work

This is about the life of Mihai Grunfeld. He was born in Romania in 1949. Trying to escape from communism and dreaming of a better life, he first escaped to Czechoslovakia at the age of[…]

The Beauty of the Yangtze River

With five years of painstaking work and traveling around mountains and rivers, the over-60-year-old man spared no effort to draw this 6.7-meter-long and 4.7-meter-high “Beauty of the Yangtze River”. The ink-wash painting presents the surging[…]

Concussion Unlocks Woman’s Hidden Talent

I am a camera assistant in the Toronto Film industry and four years ago in 2014, I had my first concussion on set. As a result of my injury I discovered my inner artist and[…]

The Craftman of Beijing

When you are planning your first travel by yourself when you grow up, open a map and search for the destination, how many people will stop at the place of latitude 39, east longitude 115,[…]

Sound Magician

People who understand the mystery of voice are all the artists of life. The foley art pushes the drama forward without a trace and touches people’s heart deeply.   About the Filmmaker Submitted by ZHOU[…]

Mellisa the Quilter

From an early age Mellisa developed an exceptional eye for shape, color and design. She grew up watching and listening to her mother’s weekly quilting group as they gathered around a quilting frame and talked[…]

The Colors Lady

Dana is a Polish-Swedish painter creating intuitive abstract art.  She tells her short story how the passion emerged in her and how does she feels while painting.  Beautiful, inspiring story for everyone who has an[…]

The Disco Bunny

The United Kingdom has had a testing time in 2017. But however with all the darkness in the world the Disco Bunny travels up and down the UK to spread his message of positive energy[…]

Chinese Color

A traditional paint designer of water painting, Qiu Qingnian, has spent his fifty-three years doing the work of searching natural paint materials, making paint for water painting and designing the art of paint. He strives[…]

Lóa Chlapp

A short documentary about Snorri Hólm an Icelandic student living in Norway, focusing on how he chooses to express himself through his art, our relationship with how we dress and our thoughts on what is[…]