Rob Burton

I’m a British artist who lives and works in China. Living in Wenzhou, in Zhejiang Province I draw inspiration from the local environment. The misty blue mountains I see on my walk to work in an American university are always changing and that's why I try to capture in my artwork.

I am also in awe of the poetry and art of the ancient Chinese poets and artists. I lived in Hangzhou for three years which has a reputation for being one of the artistic centres of China

Li Bai (701-762) : Why in the Mountains (In Reply to the Uninitiated)

You ask O why I’ve chosen to live in the mountains green

I smile without replying, my heart sedate, serene.

Peach flowers on rivulets gambol, then ramble out of sight; ’tis

Heaven and earth with a difference, not of the world we’d been.