作者简介(中文简体)：

画家李明顺(Li Mingshun)先生，美籍华人，1964年出生于中国湖北省黄石市，自幼酷爱美术，1985年考入中国人民解放军艺术学院油画专业学习， 1987年其油画作品参加了中国人民解放军军事博物馆美术展览，并被美国西方石油公司董事长阿曼徳哈默博士、副总裁陈立家先生、李迪俊博士等收藏家收藏。

李明顺先生于1989年作为中国国家公派的交换学者，赴美国乔治亚大学艺术研究院交流。1990年在乔治亚现代美术馆CIMA Contemporary International Museum of Art成功举行个人画展，参展作品被收藏家全部收藏。1991年起定居纽约，并应邀成为纽约萨拉蒙冈迪艺术俱乐部会员，并前往英国，法国，德国，意大利，荷兰等十多个国家举办巡回个人画展，其画作常年在纽约SOHO区的画廊展出。在亚洲，他先后在日本，新加坡，泰国和台湾等国家和地区成功举办了个人画展，反应热烈。台湾知名人士吴子丹先生非常欣赏其作品。1997年香港回归中国后，他应邀分别为香港特首董建华先生和新加坡总理吴作栋先生绘制油画肖像。

李明顺先生近年来常回中国参加各种艺术活动：2006年7月18日，他应邀参加中央电视台书画频道开播式，接受专题节目访谈。其作品陆续发表在《艺术中国》杂志，北京《风采》杂志(2004年11期)、北京《时尚男人》杂志(2006年3期)、台湾《热爱》杂志(2001年8期)等刊物。先后有美国《世界日报》、《世界周刊》、《星岛日报》、《明报》、《亚大新闻》等媒体发表其作品并采写专题报导。

李明顺先生对艺术有着执着的追求，对画作的原则更是“精益求精”，每次创作从落笔到完成都需要数月的时间，每幅作品都蕴含着其独到的艺术手法和精妙的技艺。虽然创作需要大量的时间，但他仍然孜孜不倦地收集题材，数月如一日地日夜创作。目前他的作品已被世界各国的收藏家广泛收藏，并出版有数辑人体艺术画册。

作者簡介（中文繁體）：

畫家李明順(Li Mingshun)先生，美籍華人，1964年出生于中國湖北省黃石市，自幼酷愛美術，1985年考入中國人民解放軍藝術學院油畫專業學習， 1987年其油畫作品參加了中國人民解放軍軍事博物館美術展覽，並被美國西方石油公司董事長阿曼徳哈默博士、副總裁陳立家先生、李迪俊博士等收藏家收藏。

李明順先生于1989年作為中國國家公派的交換學者，赴美國喬治亞大學藝術研究院交流。1990年在喬治亞現代美術館CIMA Contemporary International Museum of Art成功舉行個人畫展，參展作品被收藏家全部收藏。1991年起定居紐約，並應邀成為紐約薩拉蒙岡迪藝術俱樂部會員，並前往英國，法國，德國，義大利，荷蘭等十多個國家舉辦巡迴個人畫展，其畫作常年在紐約SOHO區的畫廊展出。在亞洲，他先後在日本，新加坡，泰國和臺灣等國家和地區成功舉辦了個人畫展，反應熱烈。臺灣知名人士吳子丹先生非常欣賞其作品。1997年香港回歸中國後，他應邀分別為香港特首董建華先生和新加坡總理吳作棟先生繪製油畫肖像。

李明順先生近年來常回中國參加各種藝術活動：2006年7月18日，他應邀參加中央電視臺書畫頻道開播式，接受專題節目訪談。其作品陸續發表在《藝術中國》雜誌，北京《風采》雜誌(2004年11期)、北京《時尚男人》雜誌(2006年3期)、臺灣《熱愛》雜誌(2001年8期)等刊物。先後有美國《世界日報》、《世界週刊》、《星島日報》、《明報》、《亞大新聞》等媒體發表其作品並采寫專題報導。

李明順先生對藝術有著執著的追求，對畫作的原則更是“精益求精”，每次創作從落筆到完成都需要數月的時間，每幅作品都蘊含著其獨到的藝術手法和精妙的技藝。雖然創作需要大量的時間，但他仍然孜孜不倦地收集題材，數月如一日地日夜創作。目前他的作品已被世界各國的收藏家廣泛收藏，並出版有數輯人體藝術畫冊。

Artist statement of Li Mingshun

What do I paint? I paint Asian male figures. I love to paint them because I am Chinese and very proud of my ancient heritage. I have been to many museums around the world, and find that most of the figurative art there shows western bodies, mostly female. So I feel it is my responsibility to show the beauty of the Asian to the world, and to emphasize the neglected glory of the Asian male body. This is my mission, my dream, my passion. My brushes are like my voice, to tell the truth and beauty of the Asian male body to a world which is mostly unfamiliar with it. There is a rhythm to my art, which follows the rhythm of the male body. I love sinuous lines, flowing like waves of music. I capture beauty with small changes in light and color, aiming to find the beauty of the whole in the subtle details of the parts. My paintwork is often soft, but I want my viewers to feel strongly about my paintings. All masterworks have energy inside and I want my paintings to have that kind of power.

Who do I paint? I must always be inspired by a model, so I pick only those who I know will help me to create a masterpiece. My models are all my friends. Most are young college students. They are not just beautiful – they are intelligent and accomplished also. This is a golden time in their lives, when their bodies are closest to perfection, when their enthusiasm and excitement and energy are the most intense. Those are the qualities that I try to capture. The models take their time to view my paintings, to understand my techniques, to absorb what I am trying to express in my work. When we both feel that I can bring them alive on the canvas, we participate together in the creation of a painting. They want to be part of the unfolding history of the art of the male Asian nude. They understand that I am a master of this art form, and that they are as privileged to be painted as I am to paint them.

How do I paint? Above all I am dedicated to quality -- to the special quality that comes from painstaking academic technique. For me this is a labor of love. I had an academic education and I always enjoy the time and feeling and detail that I put into my art. To me “academic” does not just mean formal or intellectual qualities – it means powerful emotional qualities also, that must be present in every part of the painting. If a painting is not as great as I can make it, I do not want to show it to the world at all! When I start a painting I do lots of preliminary drawings to study the lighting, the line, the shading, the anatomy, the composition, the relationships. Then I put down a few lines to define the space on the canvas. Next, I use a very thin oil, rather like water color, to set up the image. Then I paint over and over, layering the colors to create a richer effect. For my flesh tones, for example, I use many thin glazes to achieve the right look in each part of the body. A large oil painting can take one or two months to complete, although sometimes I work on several canvases simultaneously.

What will I paint next? My art constantly evolves, for as my life and my feelings and my experiences change, so does my painting. Because I aim for perfection I often surprise myself by the new ideas and skills that seem to burst upon me. But although my models may change and my techniques may change, my subject matter will never change. I will always be a dedicated master painter of the Asian male body.