49th Annual Illustration West Exhibition

I am very happy and honored to be included in this year's SILA annual group show.

I will be showing along with my dear friend Rachel Fujii and many other emerging and established illustrators.

49th Annual Illustration West Exhibition

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January 21, 2011 - January 31, 2011
Opening Reception / Jan 21, 7:00PM - 10:00PM

Gallery Nucleus: 210 East Main St, Alhambra CA 91801

Winners for the Joseph Morgan Henninger Award (Best of Show) and the Patrick Nagel Award (For Excellence) of each category(except Student category) will be announced during the opening.

Should be a very exciting night!:)

♥ 2011...let it start with lots of LOVE ♥

a work in progress shot of the first painting I finished this year...:)

Will reveal the whole image later.

the above image is from my diary... :)
Have way too many little dreams and resolutions.
But for this year, I wish to bee happy+healthy+productive!

dear Kelly, did you see the clover you sent me?
now it's the beginning of my 2011 diary journey...
♥ Thanks for bringing good luck and happiness to me~! ♥
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Do you still send snail mails?
Still slip in little cute notes and drawings in the mail for your friends?
Maybe I'm old-fashioned, I still do it every year, with love and joy...
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Just received several mails today,
among all the kind wishes, there are these cute little paintings... ♥
A little painting from dear Kelly~!
You are my sunshine, sunshine~:D
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These two watercolor paintings are from dear Amber~! love love love!
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Wish you all a very HAPPY new year! :D

Forgotten Creature Art Show

Winter Glow

10"x10"
Watercolor & Acrylic

Here's my piece for the Forgotten Creature Art Show.

The amazing concept artist Cecil Kim is curating an art show at Liliya China Bistro.
The theme for this year's show is "Forgotten Creature"from Winter Wonderland. :)

Opening: Saturday, December 11 · 7:30pm - 11:00pm

Liliya China Bistro

108 W 2nd Street 102

Los Angeles, CA

Should be a fun event!
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Just realized:
Illustration Friday's word of the week is "phenomenon"
fits this little glowing creature painting pretty well~:)

PRINTS AVAILABLE!:)

Prints for the fashion portrait series are now available in my etsy store:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/sunnygu

Fashion Portraits

Sakura

Cethosia Cyane

Black Pearl

A couple of week ago, I bought a 11¾" × 16½" Moleskine watercolor album and started doing some fashion portraits. Here are the first three, more to come.:)