The exhibit dates are March 15 – April 5. The reception is on Saturday, March 15th from 7 – 9 pm.  Admission is free.  For more information, visit www.art4antioch.org or call 779-7018.

Weizhen Liang and Lina Liu are two Bay area artists best known for their floral and landscape oil paintings. They have lived just over a decade in the East Bay of San Francisco. Weizhen is represented by the Concetta D. Gallery in Albuquerque, the Sylvan Gallery in Charleston, South Carolina, and Germanton Gallery in Germanton, North Carolina. Their art is a refreshing introduction to the return of spring.

Weizhen Liang is an artist member of California Art Club. She earned a BA in the major of Chinese Literature from Ji Nan University of Guang Zhou in China. She showed early interest in art and was influenced by her aunt, Zhong An-Zhi, a famous painter and professor in the Guang Zhou Academy of Fine Arts. In 1998, Weizhen began studying painting seriously from her husband Huihan Liu, a renowned painter who graduated from the Academy. She is an invited artist of the Northwest Rendezvous Group in Montana in 2003 and 2004. The painting "Salute to Bonnard " was selected as show image of Northwest Rendezvous by Southwest Art magazine in August 2003. The paintings " Rose Dream" and "Snow White" both received awards of "Top Fifty" from Salon International 2004 at Greenhouse Gallery. Her painting "Summer Garden" was exhibited in the 2003 West/Southwest Mountain Regional Show at Waterhouse Gallery in Santa Barbara, CA. "Roses in Morning " was selected by the 11th National Oil Painters of America Show in April 2002 at the Hilligoss Galleries of Chicago, and "My Rose Garden" was selected by OPA to the 2001 West/Northwest Mountain Juried Exhibition in Springville Museum of Art in Utah.

Born in Guangzhou, China, artist Lina Liu has always had a passion for flowers. She received her early education in China and earned a degree in Design in 1979. She went on to complete a bachelor of Fine Arts degree from China's Suzhou Art University in 1983.  Lina remembers that, as a child, watching her grandmother cutting patterns of flowers and butterflies out of colored paper was intriguing. When her mother planted flowers, Lina was always there to help. Fascinated by nature's beauty and growth, Lina prophesied that one day she would become an artist so that she could create thousands of flowers and make them come alive in her paintings. Lina has gained the inspiration for her paintings from her California home garden. She has planted more than 60 roses and devoted as much love and time as possible to the caring and arranging of these beautiful and bountiful flowers gracing her yard. Her childhood dreams are finally coming true.

The Lynn House Gallery address is 809 First Street, Downtown Antioch, CA 94509
Gallery hours during exhibits are: Thursday, Friday and Saturday Noon - 5 pm during exhibits.