Our granddaughter Rachel who visited us in March 2013 with her Mom. She took time out to continue learning Chinese calligraphy, which, accordingly to her, is her favorite activity. Of course, I was happy to teach her this ancient Chinese art form, hoping eventually she would be able to write beautiful calligraphy. She is almost finishing one full page of calligraphy. She looks happy and contented.

This is another of my commissioned work--"Longevity" for a friend in Indianapolis who was celebrating his 80th birthday. It is written in extremely cursive style. The regular style looks like this: 壽. See how much they are different from each other.