Li Tie

Born: 1964

The White Lotus Gallery is proud to present the works of Li Tie.

Selected available works


Contrast of Cool and Warm 30" x 60"	Forest Path 30" x 60"

Gemini 34" x 24"	Golden Poplars 30" x 60"

"Mei Bao" 53" x 15"	Quiet Lake 30" x 40"

Return to Nature 36" x 25 3/4"	Silver Fall at Night 31" x 16"

Snow Prairie at Dusk 24" x 36"	Tibetan Monks 32" x 21 1/2"

          "As an artist, my thinking process is naturally manifested in my
          art work. I would say the physical and emotional experience of
          immigration has offered me an excellent opportunity to compare
          and differentiate the cultural values from the east and west.
          This guides my primary conceptual interest in, and concern for,
          the immigrant experience". ---- Li Tie

Li Tie was born in Beijing in 1964, coincident with the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. Early in his life, he demonstrated a talent for drawing and, at the age of fourteen, he was accepted for art study at the Children's Palace in Beijing. He later worked and studied at the prestigious Central Academy of Fine Art in Beijing. In 1987, the artist immigrated to the U.S. and since that time has split his time between China and his newly adopted country. He completed a Master of Fine Arts degree at San Diego State University.

The super realistic charcoal and pastel portraits of Tibetan and Southeast Asian minority subjects by Li Tie have been shown at the White Lotus Gallery over the last ten years and have won the praise of numerous patrons at solo exhibitions in both the U.S. and China. Some of his portraits seem so lifelike one almost expects them to speak. But photo realism is not the only style of this talented artist. He incorporates his superior drawing skills to create another body of work that has been alternately celebrated and banned in his native China. It is this work that explores differences, both in time and in cultures. After moving to Portland, Oregon, he was inspired to create landscape paintings by the natural beauties that are abound in the Pacific Northwest.