Old Foreigner: original oil on canvas by Feng Wu Sui, 2007

In the U.S.. we might say: that man is Italian, or French, or Spanish, or Russian, if we were being slightly politically incorrect. Here, in China, everyone who looks not Chinese is referred to, simply, as foreigners: weiguo ren, lao wei, or gui lou, in Chinese and Cantonese.

Feng Wu Sui specializes in portraiture, and this is one of several of his portraits that we have chose to display in the Leona Craig On-line Art Gallery. It is a nicely done portrait of an old man of indeterminable national origin. He is dressed simply but brightly and the coloring of his skin suggests vitality and his face shows character. Indeed, beards and body hair are always fascinating to the Chinese, most of whom do not have the heavy body hair of someone, like me, who is of Mediterranean decent. The composition makes it appear as if he were caught walking down the street. Even, the stones of the wall, in the background, have character, and there brightness provides a nice backdrop against which to paint this man's portrait.
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