At the end of our trip to China in 2009, we hired a driver to take us from Zhongdian (now called Shangrila by the Chinese) on a seven hour journey over a 15,000 foot pass to a remote small village on the headwaters of the Mekong River in the Tibetan area of China--called the Three Parallel Rivers, a World Heritage Site. This lovely young Tibetan woman agreed to pose for us in traditional costume. I did a painting of her at the time and this side view was done from a photograph. The most fun thing about Zhongdian, also Tibetan, is the nightly dancing--young and old and tourists dance for about two hours. Believe me, it is more complicated than it looks!
Most beautiful piece.
ReplyDeleteKathryn, Your portraits are amazing! This Tibetan woman is beautiful.
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