Wings

Mixed-Media artworks revolving around the theme of nature and nature preservation/conservation created to pique my artistic curiosity, to express my passion for conservation, and to engage the art community.

WING | Mixed Media

The Perfect Mix of Scenery (2)
The Perfect Mix of Scenery (2)
Medium: Quartz-sand; Acrylic A stream unpolluted but healthy due to the presence of algae, diverse and colorful flowers, and pink peaks reflecting the sunset above, and the mineral composition of its mountain allow for an ecosystem of wild animals to thrive and give off a sense of spiritual realm, confidence, and the embodiment of life.
Xuanfei Liang
1/4/2025
The Expulsion from Paradise
The Expulsion from Paradise
Medium: Oil Paint This artwork depicts the recreation of "The Expulsion from Paradise."
Xuanfei Liang
10/14/2025
Contrast
Contrast
Medium: Charcoal Pencils, Acrylic Paint This artwork depicts the contrast between gray sketches of three-dimensional objects and colorful square tiles in the background.
3/14/2025
Colors of the Dead
Colors of the Dead
Medium: Oil Pastels, Charcoal Pencil This work depicts the Day of the Dead. But, what is the bigger picture behind this multi-color blended craft of a skull, eyeballs, music notes, and bony fingers?
Xuanfei Liang
2/9/2025
The Perfect Mix of Scenery (1)
The Perfect Mix of Scenery (1)
Medium: Quartz-sand, Acrylic This painting depicts a perfect and preserved scene created by Mother-nature. The river water is not polluted and grimy, but clear as day and healthy; the flowers are diverse and gorgeous; the sky is overseeing the pink mountain; and the scene reflects nature's definition of natural beauty.
Xuanfei Liang
10/23/2024
Am I pretty now?
Am I pretty now?
Medium: Colored Pencils There are beauty standards for women, everywhere. This raises much pressure for women in society to meet these standards and that includes surgery. Every change to the face to meet beauty standards, every tear is shed.
Xuanfei Liang
12/13/2024
Cooling Cascades
Cooling Cascades
Medium: Sponge, Water color, This painting depicts a clear waterfall preserved despite the urban setting taking place. A beautiful nature setting like this helps people see the beauty in the inevitability of the waterfall and the everchanging seasons.
Xuanfei Liang
5/14/2025
The Magnificent Peacock
The Magnificent Peacock
Medium: Oil Paint This artwork depicts a vivid and lively peacock showing off its beautiful, nature-gifted feathers. What is the essence of beauty?
2/23/2024
Serenity
Serenity
Medium: Markers, Colored Pencils This is a scene of a place I visited that I once captured in my journal and thought I would bring to life in a gallery. The still waters and palm trees in the midst of the setting sun all brings to life of an appreciation of nature and its washes of color that it gifts to the Earth.
Xuanfei Liang
11/14/2025
Peace of Mind
Peace of Mind
Medium: Water color, Crayola Markers. Colored Pencils This artwork depicts a middle-aged woman enjoying the present moment in tranquility without a care in the world for the reality in front of her.
Xuanfei Liang
6/16/2024
The Self-imposed Isolationism of Michelangelo
The Self-imposed Isolationism of Michelangelo
Medium: Water color, Color pencils This artwork depicts the all-time artist Michelangelo in the midst of a plain background which symbolizes his strong sense of independence.
Xuanfei Liang
2/14/2024
Nature's Golden Gift
Nature's Golden Gift
Medium: Gouache Sunflowers require the sun’s rays to grow and to thrive as a species. They are one of my favorite flowers and they symbolize positivity, resilience, spiritual awakening, optimism, harvest, and longevity.
Xuanfei Liang
3/1/2025
Slices of Wonder
Slices of Wonder
Medium: Color Pencils This artwork depicts crystal fruits that have come to life with naturally bright, vivid, and astonishing colors.
Xuanfei Liang
2/11/2021
Omniscience
Omniscience
Medium: Dry-point Etching, Water-color Most people are pessimistic, meaning that they hold the belief that the world has more negatives than positives. But, we can all learn from the life-long lesson of cherishing the small moments of happiness like a beautiful rainbow evoking a feeling of tranquility after precipitation caused by pollution.
Xuanfei Liang
5/10/2023
Recreation of the Deluge
Recreation of the Deluge
Medium: Oil Paint This artwork depicts the recreation of "The Deluge."
Xuanfei Liang
9/13/2025
Mix-mash of “The Scream” and “The Seated Boxer”
Mix-mash of “The Scream” and “The Seated Boxer”
Medium: Oil Paint This work depicts a defeated boxer who is letting out all of his mixed emotions ranging from sadness to anger, emphasized through swirls of lively colors.
Xuanfei Liang
5/2/2025
Ancestral pieces of Lapita
Ancestral pieces of Lapita
Medium: Colored Pencils This artwork depicts three fragments of pottery from the Lapita peoples that brings their heritage, customs, and cultures back to life.
Xuanfei Liang
11/14/2025
Perfect Chemistry
Perfect Chemistry
Medium: Water color; Color Pencils This work depicts a photography camera taking a photograph of the moment a chemical explosion took place in a lab. With the vibrant colored explosion, wires, and the color spectrum, this image goes to show the importance of light.
Xuanfei Liang
12/22/2024
The Blur of Traffic Lights
The Blur of Traffic Lights
Medium: Acrylic Paint, Color Pencils This artwork depicts a young lady complacent about how busy the city has become since the beginning of time. Cars are racing everywhere and footsteps are tapping on the concrete floor everyday...
Xuanfei Liang
2/23/2025
Her Identity
Her Identity
Medium: Water color, Color Pencils, Crayola Markers This artwork depicts an Indian woman's internal struggle with her identity. Who was she really?
Xuanfei Liang
4/23/2025
Mix-mash of Ecstasy of Saint Teresa and Starry Night
Mix-mash of Ecstasy of Saint Teresa and Starry Night
Medium: Adobe Photoshop
Xuanfei Liang
12/17/2024
Happy and I
Happy and I
Medium: Color Pencils, Charcoal Pencil This artwork depicts an ordinary girl who has a strong affection for her beloved poodle, Happy. Her love for him is never-ending, but can be expressed through a vivid blur of colors.
Xuanfei Liang
5/2/2025
The Power of Words
The Power of Words
Medium: Oil Paint Letters can form words, and, from words, we can communicate with people. No words, no civilized nation, no communication.
Xuanfei Liang
10/30/2025
A Mundane Kitchen
A Mundane Kitchen
Medium: Colored Pencils This artwork depicts a realistic kitchen in New York City. Although the kitchen is far from being perfect, it is warm, cozy, and reminds me of the definition of "home sweet home."
Xuanfei Liang
4/23/2025
Wild Girl
Wild Girl
Medium: Water color This painting depicts the many colors of red, blue, pink, yellow, black and green that nature brings to life.
Xuanfei Liang
12/22/2024
A Juicy Slice of Wonder
A Juicy Slice of Wonder
Medium: Colored Pencils One day, I captured a nature scene of little critters enjoying a juicy slice of watermelon left from a picnic at a park when it was raining. This moment taught me to appreciate the small but wonderful things part of a bigger picture. Sometimes, we are too busy to discover the beauty in nature.
Xuanfei Liang
12/10/2024
The See-otter
The See-otter
Medium: Water color, Charcoal Pencil This work depicts a sea otter sunbathing in the midst of the blue waters and golden sun.
Xuanfei Liang
2/9/2025
A Melting Arctic
A Melting Arctic
Medium: Charcoal Pencils, Colored Pencils We need to preserve the Arctic or sea ice for the sea animals such as penguins. If global warming speeds up, the sea ice melts, and people destroy the Arctic, sea animals would be forced to adapt or to face extinction.
Xuanfei Liang
2/4/2025
The Setting Tides
The Setting Tides
Medium: Acrylic Paint with water This is a scene of the sun setting with a blazing red, orange, and yellow sunset when a whale's tail suddenly appears, casting a shadow in the deep sea of tides.
Xuanfei Liang
11/24/2023
In the Midst of Isenheim
In the Midst of Isenheim
Medium: Watercolor, Color Pencils This artwork depicts significant figures from the famous Isenheim alterpiece protruding out of the artwork and possibly coming back to life after sunset hits.
Xuanfei Liang
1/14/2025
The Harmonic Bird
The Harmonic Bird
Medium: Acrylic, Magazines, Photoshop The other-worldly looking flamingo contrasts with the unsightly black-yellow colored background pieced with political magazines symbolizes harmony, community, and self-expression. Unlike people, animals have simplistic lives, oblivious to the ongoing political turmoil of the 21st century.
Xuanfei Liang
5/19/2021
Bioluminescence
Bioluminescence
Medium: Oil Pastels This artworks depicts a calming scene in the ocean, the interaction of marine life, and the essence of beauty simultaneously occurring during sunrise.
Xuanfei Liang
6/14/2023

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