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-.;<g&*\.2():3$3)&*(MC$3)(*The Nature of Water The next juried artist on display in the Arts Depot’s Spotlight Gallery is Aili Wang from Blacksburg, VA. This watercolor exhibit, entitled The Nature of Water will continue through April 7, 2012. Aili Wang grew up in Jiangsu, China. She received her BA in Art ]#1-)'&+"$,*+8$l)"6D(+1$R"&3/*5&'49$8+3/#$'+$N)2&,+*"&)$"&"/$ years ago, and then to Virginia in 2008. She received her Master +,$=&"/$!*'5$#/6*//$,*+8$O)#,+*#$R"&3/*5&'4$&"$?BAB$%(/*/$5(/$ studied watercolor painting under Art professor, Z.L. Feng. Professor Feng required his students to apply for juried exhibitions. Since then, Wang’s work has won her successful entry to many such competitions. She placed second in watercolor the Smith Mountain Art Council’s 20th Annual Art Show and in the 2010 Chautauqua Indoor Art Show by Wythe Arts Council, Ltd. Aili received Honorable Mention recognition in Abingdon’s Virginia Highlands Festival Juried Fine Arts Exhibit at the Arts Depot in 2009. She has twice received the Zheng L. Feng International Scholarship in Art. Ms. Wang is a member of the Virginia Watercolor Society, Depot Artists Association and the Smith Mountain Art Council. !&2&$P)"6C5$8)&"$517T/-'5$)*/$%)'/*$)"#$")'1*/>$M(/$&5$&"<1enced by Chinese Feng Shui (wind and water) art, and Shan Shui (mountains and water) painting. She says that she is enamored and inspired by the beautiful scenery of Virginia’s New River Valley. Aili believes that people are eager to return to nature, and that artists have a responsibility to depict the beauty and peace of nature to help the viewer relax and enjoy the natural world.....Just like Chinese Sung Shan Shui artists (making one feel as if he were really in the place depicted). She accomplishes this through an abstract fusion of light and visual depth. =+*$,1*'(/*$&",+*8)'&+"9$02/)5/$-+"')-'$'(/$!*'5$G/0+'$)'$H?^@b$ @?`:YBYA9$+*$/:8)&2$)'$)7&"6#+")*'5#/0+'j/3)>+*6$+*$3&5&'$'(/&*$%/7$ site at www.abingdonartsdepot.org.