With Felice Fischer & Sam Martin

   "I find that her sense of design speaks to me because it is very strong and powerful. The later works that I see have an elegance, a kind of imperial or royal quality with beautiful color. I think her work is very important. I remember an exhibition at the Art Alliance of Philadelphia that was quite striking. The large golden background and treatment, in fact, I see in her composition large forms that burst out at the edges. I find them exciting. They communicate a sense of great beauty. I use the word elegance again because that becomes one of the primary qualities. It is very rare. I do not see this in other artists at all. Probably because of her stringent training both in China and United States, she brings a sense of the East and West together. In painting watercolor on silk. I find that her command of the medium is extensive. I don't know anyone else who handles it so deftly and so expertly. Deena's work has become somewhat universal. Taking excellent training and motifs and aesthetics of the East and mixing them with her own Western training to achieve something that can be understood by West as well as the East."

Sam Martin                     Renowned International Artist

"The art of Deena Gu reflects a deep root in Chinese discipline combined with her inner force of individual creative power, which was masterly coordinated with her inner and outer resources".

More Comments From Dr. Alfonz Lengyel President of Fund Museum Foundation

 "From the elegance of her brush strokes to the pure delight of her paintings, Deena Gu is without question an uniquely talented and highly artistic painter. Her skills and techniques vary from the painstaking realistic and detailed style to the most spontaneous and fluid strokes. Her scope covers all subjects, from landscape to flowers and birds to portraits. More importantly, her strokes and ink are powerful without being rigid, gentle without being weak. Her paintings are all traditionally Chinese."

Ting Shao-Kuang

Visiting Professor of  Art History

University of California, Los Angeles