US artist Roxy unveils 'The Spirit of the Dragon' painting of Hong Kong
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Any lingering doubts that Hong Kong is the art capital of Asia were put to rest when American artist, Sharie Hatchett Bohlmann, better known as Roxy, unveiled her newest painting at the Schmidt flagship store in Tsim Sha Tsui's Star House last Thursday.
Roxy and her husband Dan stood proudly next to her latest creation, The Spirit of the Dragon, a fanciful version of the Hong Kong skyline with many of our city's most recognisable landmarks.
The painting is the first in a series of eight pictures depicting Asian mega-cities. Guests were treated to a sneak preview of the Singapore painting and a sketch of what will become a painting of Shanghai.
Why did Roxy choose to unveil her masterpiece among the televisions and other appliances of Schmidt?
As it turns out, Ulrich Buchholtz, the chairman of Schmidt Group of Companies, is a long-time Roxy collector. Plus, as Buchholtz says, the colourful, detailed paintings look great on some of Schmidt's high-definition flat-screen TV.
"It's a marriage of high art and high technology," he said.