Impressionist artist, Huihan Liu, was born in Guangzhou, China in 1952.  He now lives near San Francisco with his wife, artist Weizhen Liang, and son.  While Huihan displayed an early interest in and talent for painting, he was not able to pursue his artistic dreams until he was in his early twenties.  During the “cultural revolution” of Chairman Mao, his father, who was a professor at a Christian college, was relocated with the entire family to rural China to be “re-educated” as a farmer.  Huihan eventually was accepted into the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art where he earned undergraduate and master’s degrees in fine art and then taught for twelve years.  He immigrated to the United States in 1987, earned another Master of Fine Arts degree from the Academy of Art in San Francisco, and was finally able to bring his wife and son from China to join him.

Huihan’s wide range of subject matter includes figurative, still-life and landscape pieces in a soft Impressionistic style with a soft, warm palette. 

This talented and busy artist still finds time to share his talents with the next generation of artists by teaching part time at the Academy of Art in San Francisco and the Fechin Art Workshops in New Mexico.  He is also a member of several art organizations including the Oil Painters of America and the California Art Club.  Numerous articles about Liu have appeared in publications such as Southwest Art, Art of the West, and American Artist.