About Artist Juner Patnode

Yujuan Zhai Patnode (Juner) specializes in traditional Chinese watercolor painting as well as being adept in modern formats and calligraphy.With Chinese watercolor, there are not only two different techniques (Xieyi - which is freehand done quickly, and Gongbi, which is meticulous traditional realism) yet each is done with a different kind of rice paper. In each technique there are three styles: Flower and Animal / Landscape / Portrait.

As part of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, Juner specializes in the Flower and Animal style yet is also well-versed with Landscape. Juner has been influenced by traditional Chinese Culture and Artists and has also been influenced by exposure to Western Culture and Artists.

Juner received her School of Arts BA in 1992 and her College of Humanities BA in 1996 – each from Qinghai Normal University located in Xining, Qinghai, China.

With private and corporate experience as a Designer, Yujuan Zhai Patnode (Juner) has worked as a Trademark Designer for China Packaging Import and Export Co., Ltd. (1998) and Qinghai Trademark Firm (2006). Several of her designs and trademarks have gone onto successful products in the marketplace and her designs have appeared as book covers and in publications. Yujuan is a Connecticut Arts in Education Teaching Artist Listed on the Connecting Roster.