Wilcox County
China Painting
Jeannie
Lambert studied visual art design in college with the hopes of designing useful
household items such as dishtowels, linens, and dishes. She was first
exposed to china painting in the early seventies at an art exhibit. She
was instantly enthralled and put her name on a waiting list for lessons.
Jeannie has been trained in the classical method of china painting (first
painting background, then leaves, and finally flowers) and has taught many
classes that focus on painting roses.
Jeannie feels that a china painter is a life-long learner who
continually takes classes. She also believes that “the brush is no better than
the painter.” An expensive brush in the hand of an inexperienced painter will
not create quality artwork without much hard work and diligence. Jeannie
specializes in the detailed and tedious technique of rare gold-work and
especially enjoys the time-consuming work of Dresden painting (negative spaces
with white background). Generally a “blue” person, Jeannie also gravitates to a
warm color palette for her flowers.