Counter Impressions - Art Auction 2005. Sunday, Feb. 27, 2005. 2:00 - 4:00 at XEXE Gallery. Presented by the Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter

Lik Fong Ng

Yuan Yang Sunset

by Lik Fong Ng

About The Artist:

Photographer Lik-Fong Ng is known for his portraiture, especially of Hong Kong movie stars like Maggie Cheung and Chow Yun-Fat. His latest work is capturing the terraced fields in China¡¦s Yunnan province.

Ng started as a jade stone carver but embarked on a career that eventually led him into photography. He recently received a Canada Day Achievement Award from the Canadian government to recognize his achievement in photography. Ng cherishes life and lives it fully. Soon after his kidney operation and motivated by his love for the outdoors, he visited Daochent in Sichuan Province of China in 2001. Impressed by the beauty of the unknown Chinese rural areas, he went to Yunnan in 2004 to capture the beauty of the terraced fields.