The Weatherburn Gallery showcases Christopher Zhang, oil painter.

Christopher Zhang is an exceptional realist painter now living and teaching art in the United States. Zhang’s original oil paintings reflect the two cultures with which he is most familiar. He paints eloquent portraits of the people of his eastern native country, their costumes, decorations and jewelry. Zhang also paints western ballet dancers.

A distinguished member of the Copley Society of Boston, Christopher Zhang is a member of the Connecticut Fine Arts Academy and the Mystic Art Association. He is Artist in Residence at the Griffis Art Center and Visiting Professor of Painting and Drawing at Connecticut College. Christopher Zhang first studied at the East China Normal University in that city graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1988. He arrived in the U.S. in 1990 and attended Rhode Island College, graduating with his Masters degree in 1993.

Christopher Zhang’s work has been the subject of a number of one-man shows overseas and in the U.S. including shows at the Sun Cities Museum of Art in Phoenix, Arizona and another at Harvard University, Massachusetts.

Become intimate with the people of Shanghai with Zhang’s Man with Prayer Wheel, the ornately dressed women in Morning Makeup, and the thoughtful Monk with Prayer Beads. Zhang masterfully crafts his oil paintings with great detail highlighting the beauty of western ballet dancers in Three Swans, Stretching, and reflection from the Mirror.

The Weatherburn Gallery in Naples, Florida features original fine art from around the world. The Weatherburn Gallery exhibits dozens of exceptional works of art by leading painters and sculptors. Many of the artists enjoy national and international reputations, are award-winning members of prestigious arts organizations, and have their original works in government, corporate, museum, celebrity or private collections worldwide.