Artists

In 1952 Adrian Wong Shue was born on the Caribbean island of Jamaica in the West Indies when the island was still a British Colony. At the age of fourteen his father sent him to Canton, China to study drawing under master artist Alfred Chin. He also studied art in Kingston, Jamaica and Los Angeles. Wong Shue has exhibited widely in many major galleries throughout the United States, as well as in Jamaica, Korea, India, and France.

For Wong Shue, the life of the artist is a two-fold issue. He believes that “The artist creates the art, and the art creates the artist.” This philosophy has allowed Wong Shue to approach the creation of his artwork with complete freedom from conventional restraints, which often restrict the artist. The result is a style of painting combining several mediums at once to achieve a look that is both timeless and very contemporary.