Water Lilies from Kunming
Water Lilies from Kunming.
Acrylic on gessoed Masonite®panel
6in. x 6in. (15.2cm x 15.2cm)
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Kunming is in south China in Yunnan Province. It’s called the City of Perpetual Spring with the average temperature of 65 degrees year around and it has four growing seasons.
Americans are well known there because General Joe Stillwell, known as “Vinegar Joe” brought American flyers there to fight the Japanese invasion of China before the US had formally declared war on Japan. There is a Stillwell Museum in Kunming, showing US involvement in China during that time.
Almost any kind of plant will grow there because of the mild climate. These lilies were growing in a pond in one of the many parks around Kunming. We stayed there for a couple of nights then went on to Dali and Li Jiang, located on the road to Tibet in a region widely regarded as being one of the most beautiful in the world. Li Jiang also is a tourist city partly because of the famous old village in the center of the city. If I ever decide to go back and live in China for an extended period of time, Kunming is a place I’d consider because of the climate and because the air is clear with no industrial pollution in that area.
