Susan Hsiu-fang Liu

Susan Hsiu-fang Liu was born and raised in Taiwan, and came to the United States in 1974 to study social work. She started painting at the age of forty when she was in search of paintings for decorating her house. She couldn't find anything she liked in her price range, so she decided to create her own. By studying books, taking art classes and workshops, and frequenting art galleries, she realized a new talent. She was a social worker, a computer programmer/analyst, a mother of two children, and currently, a full-time painter.

email: hsiufangchen@gmail.com

A Little Boy

Oil on canvas
18"W X 24"H

Boys and pumpkins on cargo

Oil on canvas
18"W X 24"H

Fiona Chiang

Fiona Chiang was born in 2016 in Minnesota. Both her parents are from Taiwan. She loves reading and drawing. Summer in 2024, one of her summer camps was canceled. Her mother suggested that they can have a “drawing camp” at home instead. Seeing mom drawing cicadas inspired her to draw a cicada, too. She came up with the idea of this incredible artwork.

CeCe on the Branch

Colored pencil and watercolor
9”W x 12”H
In this painting, Fiona was looking at the cicada in a glass jar with excitement. She caught this cicada and named her CeCe. She wanted to keep it as a “pet”, but eventually released it to nature.

Felix Cheng

Felix Cheng was born on April 20th, 1992 in Kansas. He moved to Minnesota when he was 5, and procured cable television at the age of 7. Enthralled by the plethora of animation available, he began to diligently doodle the well-loved and memorable characters he is fond of.

Fast-forward to High School, Felix began taking art classes under the supervision of Todd Clercx. During these budding years, Felix was introduced to the world of acrylic paint and graphic design. During his senior year, his self-portrait was selected as a part of an exhibition at the Har Mar Mall.

After graduation, Felix went to the North St. Paul Next Step Transition Program and had continued developing his skills in acrylic painting, as well as exploring the new medium of oil painting. He had also forayed into the world of Flash animation. He had produced over 50 paintings, and also produced “Aldrid Von Pectos the Strong Man,” a Flash animation. The animation was produced from March 28th 2011 to November 10th, 2013 back when he took a Design and Interactive Media class at Northeast Metro 916, which is currently located at the Century College East Campus.

Felix took classes at Century College after graduating from Next Step, which lasted for three years. He majored in 3D animation and got his diploma after two years at Century and is currently working on Heather’s Under the Weather in 3Ds Max. Felix also took Web Design at Century in which he received his second diploma and is currently a freelance graphic designer.

Sean Tsai

Sean Tsai was born in Taiwan, and moved to the United States when he was 2 years old. He is a Taiwanese-American product designer and illustrator. His work aims to tell stories of how people are valued in their own unique ways. Ever curious, his experiences growing up as a 2nd generation immigrant is a large influence in his pursuit of personal identity in America.

Working across multiple disciplines, he has projects that solve problems in wellness, travel, and food. He has studied at the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California, and is currently based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. His illustrative work primarily uses alcohol markers and ballpoint pen. In his 3D Design work, he utilizes a suite of digital tools to create prototype products.

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Eternal Love

Cardstock Paper, Ballpoint Pen, Alcohol Markers
13"W X 19"H

Eternal Love is a work that explores my personal understanding of what it means to be a part of Christ's body. I would like to express the heart of Christ by painting a picture of living by the Spirit (following Jesus) through the more mundane parts of life.

Each character (or pair) represents a way Christ can lead in a Christian’s life–whether it is being patient in traffic, or repeatedly laying down one’s past at the foot of the cross. There are many more examples than what has been expressed here.

The braided rope that hangs above the cross is meant to represent the relationship we can now have towards God the Father through the cross. Through Jesus’ sacrificial death and victory over death on the cross, we have access to God. And by grace, we can have life (signified by the white/light border) beyond the darkness that surrounds all who live in this fallen world.

I pray that Christ’s love can be discovered by you today and received by all.

“but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” - Romans 5:8 ESV

Blessings,

Sean Tsai

1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (1 Septillion)

Cardstock Paper, Ballpoint Pen, Alcohol Markers

9"W X 11"H