In 1952 Adrian Wong Shue was born on the Caribbean island of Jamaica in the West Indies when the island was still a British Colony. At the age of fourteen his father sent him to Canton, China to study drawing under master artist Alfred Chin. He also studied art in Kingston, Jamaica and Los Angeles. Wong Shue has exhibited widely in many major galleries throughout the United States, as well as in Jamaica, Korea, India, and France. 

For Wong Shue, the life of the artist is a two-fold issue. He believes that “The artist creates the art, and the art creates the artist.” This philosophy has allowed Wong Shue to approach the creation of his artwork with complete freedom from conventional restraints, which often restrict the artist. The result is a style of painting combining several mediums at once to achieve a look that is both timeless and very contemporary.

Although Wong Shue is popularly known for his intricate paintings on Japanese natsume and Chinese rice paper, his work of recent decades, on a wider scale, consists of a much varied range of media. These include drawings in pastels, charcoal, ink, and pencil, as well as woodcuts and etchings. His paintings consist of oil on canvas, gouache, acrylic, and watercolor. The more distinctly figurative works by the artist are often executed from a combination of direct visual observation with live models and images often drawn from his prolific imagination. Adrian Wong Shue currently works from his studio in Los Angeles, California.

You may view an enlarged version of the artist's work by clicking on the photos. The following pieces are for sale-