Little Rapunzel plays with Legos as she cradles her monkey and protects him from a crocodile that lurks in the background of the oil painting titled, “Following Nature” by artist Shiueh Lih.
In the oil painting titled “Promised Land” by artist Shiueh Lih, a young girl holds a red cage in one hand and a rabbit in the other, while gazelles leap around her in a field of flowers and a pair of birds kiss in mid-air.
Self-taught, Shiueh Lih began painting with gouache paints around 2013, but eventually made the transition to oil paints, which she says “brought me forward against my own boundaries with many unspoken childhood stories.”
With a falcon perched on her arm and her dog at her side, she sails through a school of fish, armed with her slingshot and the pearls resting at her feet in the oil painting titled, “Beginner’s Luck” by artist Shiueh Lih.
Shiueh Lih is currently the second most represented artist in The Michael Aaron Gallagher Collection with nine smaller works of art. Two different sized paintings by the artist are on display, both 5” x 7” and 8” x 10”. Although less common than the paintings on linen paper, Shiueh Lih also occasionally sells larger works on canvas as well.
Titled “Philosopher,” this oil painting by artist Shiueh Lih shows a girl surrounded by toys that include a Ferris wheel, owl, horse, unicorn and car.
“My inspirations are from all walks of life, songs, other artists and many imaginary stories,” she said. “I hope people can see I try to capture the beauty even in the most mundane things. Above all, I hope my art could generate insight, curiosity both old and new to all viewers.”
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With a star to guide her, she floats alongside the ducks in her canoe, while a bee quietly buzzes overhead in the oil painting titled, “Forward” by artist Shiueh Lih.
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“Into the Midnight,” an oil painting on paper by artist Shiueh Lih, blends the colorful imagery of SpongeBob SquarePants, a rooster, birthday cake, pair of scissors, spiders and a winding spiral staircase into a dreamlike vision, in which our heroine Rapunzel once again stars.
