Artwork copyright Lang Wei. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2016.

Downtown in Summer, 1997

Lang Wei
Chinese (born 1959)

Location: Northwood Middle School, Renton

About the Artwork

The cityscape Downtown in Summer by artist Liang Wei uses color, light and shadow to investigate the integration of man and nature. He refers to his painting style as "altered realism."

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Kent School District.

About the Artist

Artist Liang Wei creates paintings that explore the color relationships and the quality of light found in the Pacific Northwest landscape.

Born in Sichuan, China, Liang Wei began studying art as a child, and went on to receive his Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts and Master of Arts in Printmaking from the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts. In 1989, he moved to Seattle as a visiting scholar at the University of Washington's Audio-Visual Education Center for two years. He lives and works in Bothell, Washington.