Qiu Minggong also known as “Swan Goose in the North of the River” comes from Qingzhou city of coastal Shandong province. Fond of painting since childhood, Mr. Qiu studied at the training center of Shandong Artists Association in 1999 and 2002 and further studies at the Studio of Huo Chunyang, School of Arts of Peking University. He is good at birdand-flower paintings, figure paintings and landscape paintings, in particular drawing swan goose that look so vivid and natural and fortitudinous with great ambition. His solo painting exhibitions were held in Beijing in 2016 and 2017 and his works have received the gold and silver awards for several times at national and provincial art exhibitions.
Mr. Qiu is a national class-A artist, a member of Chinese Artists Association, member of Shandong Artists Association, member of China Painting and Calligraphy Association, visiting professor of Henan Arts Research Institute.
邱明功,字“江北雁公”,瑞明齋主人,山东青州人。大专毕业,自幼酷爱书画。1976年入伍于昌潍军分区篮球队后从事电影宣传绘画工作。1999年、2002年先后结业于山东省美术家协会培训中心。现研修于北京大学艺术学院高研班霍春阳导师工作室,主攻花鸟兼人物、山水,尤以画鸿雁见长。先由临摹吕纪、张良、边寿民前人画谱入手,取各家之长,结合写生创作,多年来苦学不辍,逐渐形成了自己的艺术风格。笔下的鸿雁气韵生动传神,笔墨潇洒,构图严谨大气,把鸿雁坚忍不拔的远大志向用不同的表达方式栩栩如生地呈现于纸上,使读者真正感悟到了“弃燕雀之小志慕鸿鹄以高翔”的大雁精神。多幅作品发表于省、国家级报刊。多次在省、国家级美展中获金银奖。作品被国内外各阶层人士广泛收藏,有“江北雁公”的美誉。
现受霍春阳、贾广健导师的亲临传教并受范扬、史国良、刘曦林等导师指教。
2016、2017年在北京举办个人画展,并同王阔海、马海方一起联展,受到全国各地书画同仁的高度赞誉。
现为山东省美术家协会会员,中国美术家学会会员,中国书画家协会理事,国家一级美术师,《中国书画家》杂志专业画家,山东省泉城画院花鸟创作室主任,北京大学艺术学院——霍春阳导师工作室画家,河南省艺术研究院客座教授。