趙行方 SHEILA CHAO
趙行方生於一九四一年，一九七三年在香港跟隨丁衍庸先生，各大拍賣公司熱門畫家，他重視筆墨及意趣，愛古不泥古，創新不趨新。給予我最受用的筆墨与水的表現，花卉蟲鳥以形傳神，以神造形的的墨趣。返台後又與胡克敏先生以及欧豪年先生學，墊定了我在花卉色彩的雅艷不俗的風格。
書畫對我來說主要是一種愛好而不是職業 , 因此我畫畫比較隨興, 不拘一格 , 思路開放, 敢于嘗試不同的畫法 。 由於我個性開朗 , 待人真誠 , 因而交友甚廣。
近年自創 書畫同源 , 將書法融入在畫面上 , 有時用行書 , 有時是草書 , 必要時英文姓名經巧思安排後也寫在畫上 , 使 [ 書畫同源] 別具創意和雅趣。
曾仼台湾大學敎職員國畫老師，考試院考選部國畫老師。電台主持人及報章烹飪介绍作者。
一九九三年移居温哥華，自設畫室授課，加入温哥華藝術家協會，加拿大藝術家联盟, FCA資深會員，加西畫會會員，列诒文中國書畫會顧問，温哥華國際畫廊資深畫家, 及書畫研究中心特聘研究員 。
曾任佛光堂國畫敎師，威靈頓敎會國畫敎師，大專院校中文學校皃童美術評審。作品並在台中美英日南非等國受到関注私人的收藏。
Sheila Chao was Born in 1941 in China. Graduated from Christ’s College, Taipei, in 1966, and Arts Division, Extra-Mural Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1976. Studied under grand masters Ting Yen-Yung, Hu Ke-Ming, and Chen den-Cheng for many years, and created own style since late 1980’s.
Moved to Vancouver in 1993, and started teaching. Joined the Vancouver Artists Association. Active Member of Federation of Canadian Artists ; Member of Vancouver’s Chinese Canadian Artists’ Federation & Richmond Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Club; senior artist of International Arts Gallery. Former painting teacher in Buddha Hall and in Wellington Church.
Vested in free-style Chinese painting majored in flowers, insects, as well as birds, fruits, vegetables, and bamboos. She has hosted more than 50 solo and joint exhibitions in the past 30 years, and her works were collected in Taiwan, Canada, and many other places. Currently, she has promoted Chinese painting through active participation in many art associations.
Publications & Awards: Paintings of Sheila Chao ( 1993 ), Cuisine and Life Style ( 1993)
Profiled in World’s Who’s Who of Women (12th Edition, 1993 ), and Artists of Taiwan ( 1994 )