Two New Artists to Love!

This latest Dafen-Drop-By, being intrepid, we strolled down alleyways we hadn't seen before and stumbled across these two galleries:

I just loved that bust out there on the street, so stopped to ask the shop owner where he'd got it, and realised we were face-to-face with the model himself:

 Sam and Sam.

He's an artist called Sam but his business card is all in Chinese so I can't tell you anything more about him, except his work is truly amazing (double-click to see the quality of his art), he's drop-dead gorgeous, his e-ddress is: hhf56301@163.com and his phone number is 13613038535.

His English is excellent so I asked who'd made his bust and he called out and this lovely fellow emerged from the shop across the way:

Ianbo

Turns out the bust was a gift from his friend, a young artist called Ianbo, who owns the gallery across the way and who, under the name Bison Art, makes the most amazing sculptures, including large temporary seasonal public displays, and who is astonishingly in demand:

 Heather looks at the record 

of recent work 

and realises she's seen 

many of his installations before,

in Hong Kong.

Including this one for ...
is it Chocolate Rain?

Although there are many pieces he's made that I don't like, he can obviously turn his hand to anything and the standard of workmanship is amazing. He does "Portrait Sculpture" too from photographs which are so astonishingly good, I'd love him to do stuff for me.

And if you'd love him to do stuff for you too, Ianbo's business card is in English, so I can tell you he can be reached at:

bisonart@sina.com

bisonart@163.com

 Phone: 690693156

And his address is: Shop 6, Lane 5, Laowei West, Dafen, Shenzhen, China.

I imagine Sam's address is virtually the same, so you probably could use that address for both artists.

Over lunch, Heather decided that she is definitely bringing her daughter to Dafen when she visits next month, so asked if I'd take her around once more so she'd have her bearings, so we did one more walk-through ... and came across Sam again.

Just LOOK at what he's doing.  In the morning, he was painting a seascape, and four hours later he's doing a commissioned portrait:

Man, these Dafen artists work fast. And they are just so talented and wonderful. However, I'm pleased to see that spot of paint on Sam's sweater; the first time I've ever seen paint on a single one of them.

So there you are: two new artist's to love.  And if Liam from Newfoundland is still looking for an artist, just look at the quality of Sam's work.  How can you not commission him?