Bring Inspiration To Your Space

Nature murals & interior design by Jun Jun Li (Project Sample Here)

I believe we are like trees that rise up from soils and are rooted in nature. However, during this conflicted time, we are bleeding at the roots. We have lost our connections to nature -- to grace and harmony -- due to an insatiable desire for money and power and resources. We have become out of touch with the natural world to which we have forgotten that we belong. There are strong callings for us to return to nature. I do commission murals and bring nature to your home.

Journey to the Heart, Paint with Presence

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My trip to Hawaii was so inspiring.

As I was driving on the road to Hana in Maui, I saw beautiful waterfalls and rainbows! Then I saw this this VW ice cream van and had to stop and explore.

There was a sign outside that said: 
 

"Remember you've worked your entire life to be here! BE PRESENT.”

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This is part of what I love... that adventure is not just external, but movement that happens inside us. We are all on a journey into our own heart.

This spirit of discovery is reflected in the way I approach my art. I often come to a blank canvas wondering what will unfold.

This kind of curiosity makes life more interesting, and is possible through an embrace of pure presence.

When I am fully present in the now, my whole consciousness transforms into a different state of awareness. I am open to flowing with what is.

Drop in with a Single Brushstroke

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Morning meditation is something that can benefit all of us. I love to meditate just sitting and also with my paint brush.

When I sit to write calligraphy, it is a moment of coming to center. I still my mind and become attentive to the feeling of the brush in my hand. The brush becomes an extension of my body, as the strokes take form with grace.

You can find some calligraphy tutorials on my Youtube here. (Please subscribe to support me + stay aware of any new videos.)

A Pandemic Journey - 100 Days of Art Meditation

During the 100 days Shelter in Place Pandemic during COVI 19, I have been creating art journals to encourage us go through challenges and find hopes. I invite you to paint your feelings without judgments and with acceptance, as living our daily lives.

My handwriting is quoted from "The Book Of Awakening" by M. Nepo. The paintings are my daily practice after I meditate the words from the book.

Location: UCSF Mission Bay 

1825 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94158

Time: 7/7/20 On Going

More about this project at:

https://www.instagram.com/juneliart/

If this project inspired you and you like to see more of my art. Please support me at 

https://www.patreon.com/juneliart

to keep this project going. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

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A Journey Home - Dragonfly Tiny House Rooting In Sebastopol CA

I am a Chinese American Artist, living in San Francisco and making a living by teaching art. Currently, I am building my Tiny Home on an organic farm in Sebastopol, CA. I name it “Dragonfly” -  symbolizes transformation, adaptability, and self-realization.

I believe we are like trees that rise up from soils and are rooted in nature. However, during this conflicted time, we are bleeding at the roots. We have lost our connections to nature -- to grace and harmony -- due to an insatiable desire for money and power and resources. We have become out of touch with the natural world to which we have forgotten that we belong. There are strong callings for us to return to nature.

I’ve always been dreaming and visioning to have my own home, security and safety for years. I have been longing to be rooted by way of a Tiny Home with nature. It took me years to save up some money and find the land to grow my home. A couple of weeks ago, I started putting hands on tools, to dig the hole in the ground, to root my new Home. There have been many hardships, but also many awakenings on this journey. Like giving birth to a child... I have learned so much, and have so much to offer: things that now I can share with encouragement to other women like me who are trying to be independent, to build a solid safe shelter, and call it home.

Currently, I am raising more money to continue finishing my Tiny Home. Hopefully, she will take off and fly high this summer! If you are on the same path with me and interested to learn more about what I am offering, I have documented some of the processes of my Tiny-Home-building Journey and would like to share my experience and knowledge with you. Please join me and we can help each other. Let’s do this TOGETHER.

Rooting my tiny home in the nature:

Part 1:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjzUz7CSLrk&t=11s

Part 2:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmafLpy0eFk

Part 3:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9vu1JVixpc

Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcTQCx46zvw&t=4s

Part 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHtowjQx-pc

Part 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xPskgP-Vl8

Part 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOfimWKN9hE

Part 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loquFtt8aAc&t=2s

Part 9: https://youtu.be/Id9luaT3FhA

Part 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pCgzSXdOfY

My offerings: 

  • Expressive painting workshops for self discovery and healing

  • How to start building your Tiny Home as a woman (webinars) 

  • Inspirations for women empowerment and independency  

 Your support:

  • Support my “A Journey Home” project here 

  • Support my art here 

  • Learn more about my work here

Planing - June, 2020

Planing - June, 2020

Dragonfly Tiny House on top of the hill over view - September, 2020

Dragonfly Tiny House on top of the hill over view - September, 2020

When the starts rising

When the starts rising

Looking out from the french door - magical sunset on top of the hill

Looking out from the french door - magical sunset on top of the hill

Cozy living room, reading / movie / tea area

Cozy living room, reading / movie / tea area

Living area / Loft / Indoor kitchen

Living area / Loft / Indoor kitchen

Cozy sleeping loft with 4 windows (2 fixed) with full size bed

Cozy sleeping loft with 4 windows (2 fixed) with full size bed

Outdoor Kitchen with the magical sunset view

Outdoor Kitchen with the magical sunset view

I spent 3 months building this tiny house. I have learned so much about contractions, project management and, most importantly, the creative process. It's the process of felicity, the dream to reality; the process of creation and problem solving. I feel empowering and independent as a woman. 

Moving forward, I like to keep traveling and keep creating. I like to share my creation with others. As my intention of building this Dragonfly Tiny house - symbolizes transformation, adaptability, and self-realization. I share this with you, in a hope of inspiring you to achieve your OWN dream.

I look forward to see you at my next journey! 

ART FOR TRANSFORMATIONS 2020

An Expressive Painting and Tai Chi Yoga Retreat

Time: January 25th 2020, 10am-5pm

Location: Private Vacation home, Sonoma Valley, CA

Host by: Jun Jun Li and Jun Ting Li

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About:

Join us for a relaxing and inspiring day at a luxury private home in the beautiful Sonoma Valley. We’ll explore art and movement to empower our creative selves for a transformational 2020.

What you will get:

  • Self expression, self discovery and self healing

  • Relaxation and to unwind in the beautiful green house in Sonoma valley

  • Build on your self esteem and increase your confidence levels

Schedule:

  • 10 - 11am, Gathering and intention sharing

  • 11 - 12pm, Tai Chi Yoga class

  • 12pm - 1pm, Healthy Homemade lunch

  • 1 - 3pm, Expressive art workshop

  • 3 - 4pm, Body movement, contact improv

  • 4 - 5pm, Healing wood fired cedar hot tub

Retreat includes lunch, all art materials (paints, brushes, paper), tea and snack, yoga mats are provided.

Does not include: transport. Bring a bathing suit and hiking shoes.

 About your hosts: 

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 Jun Jun Li

Jun has been painting throughout her lifetime and teaching art in San Francisco for over the last 10 years. Jun’s work is a dynamic encounter with nature, perception and challenges that leads one towards a place of insight and learning. Jun likes to share these unique experiences with you in the hopes of showing that life is about realizing possibilities.  www.instagram.com/juneliart/ 

www.juneliart.com

 Jun Ting Li 

Ting has been trained as a professional Tai Chi yoga instructor at the Tianxia Yoga Training College. Work as Indian Sanskrit Secret Body Trainer. She believes Yoga help us breathing the soul, feeling the body. Use the simplest form, the most natural breathing, with our consciousness, through physical training, we can understand our own thinking and habit patterns to achieve deeper understanding.

www.instagram.com/tingting6395/

Price: $150

RSVP : Email juneliart@gmail.com with your request

ART FOR TRANSFORMATION - Expressive paintings and Yoga retreat

January 23th - 30th. 2019

Location: HuJing Retreat Center, GuangZhou, South China
Host by: Jun Jun Li and Jun Ting Li

 抽像表现画和瑜伽静修
时间:2019年1月23日至30日
地点:广州湖景休养中心
主持人:君君和君婷

About this retreat:

This Chinese New year, my younger sister and I will open our home and heart by hosting a week long journey in a beautiful retreat center in Guangzhou, South China. We will nurture your body and mind with yoga practice and creating expressive paintings. Living in our family house, you will have the opportunity to learn about Chinese traditional cooking and herbal medicines, to explore the old city landscape, experience the local culture and much more in hope to support and help you live a healthy, strong and beautiful life!  

这个中国新年,我的妹妹和我将在华南广州一个美丽的休养中心举办为期一周的旅程,打开我们的家园和心灵。我们将通过瑜伽练习和创造富有表现力的绘画来培养您的身心。住在我们家的房子里,您将有机会了解中国传统烹饪和草药,探索古老的城市景观,体验当地文化等等,希望能够支持和帮助您过上健康和美好的生活。

Programs and Activities included:

  • 6 nights, 7 days accommodation with homemade meal

  • Full programs includes private painting and yoga classes.

  • Daily programs included: Yoga class and Meditation by Jun Ting Li; 3 hours painting sessions by June Li, including Art museum and gallery visits.

  • Offsite adventures to explore history and encounter cultures in old town GZ.

    计划包括

    * 6晚7天住宿与自制餐点。

    * 完整的私人艺术和瑜伽课程。
    * 每日节目包括:Ting 的瑜伽课和冥想; Jun的绘画课程. 包括艺术博物馆和画廊参观。

    * GZ老城区历史和文化的异地冒险。

About your hosts:

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Jun Jun  Li

Jun has been painting throughout her lifetime and teaching art in San Francisco for over the last 8 years. Jun studied visual art at South China Normal University and oil paintings at Sonoma State University. Jun’s work is a dynamic encounter with nature, perception and challenges that leads one towards a place of insight and learning. Jun likes to share these unique experiences with you in the hopes of showing that life is about realizing possibilities.

君一生都在创作, 并在旧金山教授艺术过去8年。君曾在华南师范大学学习视觉艺术,并在索诺玛州立大学学习油画。 君的工作是与自然,感知和挑战的动态相遇,使人们走向一个洞察力和学习的地方。 君希望与您分享这些独特的体验,希望表明生活就是实现可能性。 www.juneliart.com

Jun Ting Li

A yoga master with six years of yoga practice experience. She has been trained as a professional yoga instructor at the Tianxia Yoga Training College. Work as Indian Sanskrit Secret Body Trainer. She believes Yoga help us breathing the soul, feeling the body. Use the simplest form, the most natural breathing, with our consciousness, through physical training, we can understand our own thinking and habit patterns to achieve deeper understanding.

拥有六年瑜伽练习经验的瑜伽大师。婷曾在天下瑜伽培训学院接受过专业瑜伽教练的培训。担任印度梵语秘密身体训练师。她相信瑜伽帮助我们呼吸灵魂,感受身体。使用最简单的形式,最自然的呼吸,用我们的意识,通过体能训练,我们可以了解自己的思维和习惯模式,以达到更深层次的理解。

Programs and activities: (Courses may adjusted accordingly.)

Day 1. Arrives in Guangzhou - Pick up from BaiYun Airport - Check-in 

Day 2. Yoga morning flow - The creative process of expressive painting  - Impromptu dance basic - Chinese cooking class

Day 3. Outdoor Yoga morning flow - Art for transformations - Yin Yoga - Impromptu dance

Day 4. Yoga morning flow - Chinese brush painting - Aerial Yoga / Pilates - Chinese cooking class

Day 5. Impromptu dance (participation in local group activities) - Visit Art museums - Guangzhou traditional cultural experience

Day 6. Chinese brush painting - Power yoga - Chinese cooking class - Sound Healing Meditation

Day 7. Outdoor yoga morning flow - Art for Transformations - Check out

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Yoga Classes programs: 瑜伽特色课程:(课程根据实际情况调整)

  • Yoga clean breathing practice 瑜伽清洁呼吸法练习

  • Hatha Yoga Basic Exercise 哈他瑜伽基础练习

  • Yoga language meditation 瑜伽语言冥想

  • Characteristic rhythm yoga 特色韵律瑜伽

  • Outdoor yoga 户外瑜伽

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Art Classes programs: Sessions from (1.5 hours - 3 hours) All materials included.

  • ART FOR TRANSFORMATION 抽像表现画培训

Drawing and painting exercise the mind to help you see the world in a different light. This workshop, through exploring lines, shapes and colors will help to expand how you think visually.  Beyond learning to draw and paint objects, it’s also a path to raise your awareness and awaken internal energies.

绘画和绘画运用心灵来帮助你以不同的方式看待世界。通过探索线条,形状和颜色,本次研讨会将有助于扩展您的视觉效果。除了学习绘制和绘制物体之外,它还可以提高您的意识并唤醒内部能量。

Drawing and painting exercise the mind to help you see the world in a different light. This workshop, through exploring lines, shapes and colors will help to expand how you think visually.  Beyond learning to draw and paint objects, it’s also a path to raise your awareness and awaken internal energies.

  • ART FOR HEALING 理疗艺术

Making art helps us to focus and be present.  It helps us to express our intense feelings beyond words and thoughts, and moves us into deeper ways of knowing our minds. This class works with meditation and music and guides with abstract lines, shapes and colors.  The result is a calming of our anxieties, allowing our inner guidance to lead us through the pains and challenges of the external world.

制作艺术有助于我们专注和存在。它有助于表达我们超越言语,思想的强烈感受,并使我们更深入地了解我们的思想。本课程使用冥想和音乐以及抽象线条,形状和颜色的指南。结果是平息我们的焦虑,让我们的内在指导引导我们度过外部世界的痛苦和挑战。

  • RECREATE THE MODERNS 参观艺术博物馆和创作

We will explore and draw inspiration from one of the city’s great art museums: exploring the exhibits together, taking in the works on display. As we walk through the museum, I will encourage you to think about what the pieces mean to you, and take note of any that speak to you especially clearly. After the museum, we will head to a nearby café or even outside—weather permitting—to work with our impressions from the exhibition. Here you will set about recreating your favorite work seen that day, reimagining the themes and techniques according to your own style and preferences.

我们将从这个城市的一个伟大的艺术博物馆中探索和汲取灵感:一起展览,展出作品。当我们走进博物馆时,我会鼓励你思考这些作品对你来说意味着什么,并注意到任何与你说话特别清楚的东西。在博物馆之后,我们将前往附近的咖啡馆,甚至在天气允许的情况下 - 与我们展览的印象一起工作。在这里,您将着手重新创建您当天所看到的最喜欢的作品,根据您自己的风格和偏好重新设想主题和技巧。

  • CHINESE BRUSH PAINTING CLASS 中国意笔画

Traditional Chinese calligraphic brush painting has developed continuously over a period of more than 5000 years. It is one of the simplest and most expressive of visual art forms. Using traditional iconic figures from classical Chinese culture, such as the bamboo tree, the wild orchid flower and panda bears, you will learn the basic techniques that can help you to touch and express your own vision of the timeless moment.


中国传统书法毛笔绘画在5000多年的时间里不断发展。它是视觉艺术形式中最简单,最具表现力的形式之一。艺术形式可以帮助您培养耐心和接受能力。使用来自中国古典文化的传统标志性人物,如竹树,野生兰花和熊猫,您将学习基本技巧,可以帮助您触摸和表达自己对永恒时刻的看法。

Pricing:

Packages start at: $1250 Dollars. Drop in: $250/day. 6 space only.

RSVP:

Email juneliart@gmail.com with your request.

Abundance - Paintings by June Li

 Hotel Biron, San Francisco / July 10th - September 10th, 2018

"The flower doesn't dream of the bee. It blossoms and the bee comes"

This series is about the shift from scarcity to abundance. Scarcity reflects the limitations of fear, anxiety and doubt. Abundance reflects gratitude, peace of mind and responsibility. I want to share with you the abundance of living a simple life by choice, full of light and treasures.

Recreate Model art at MoMa

We will explore and draw inspiration from one of the city’s great art museum: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. We will walk through the abstract expressionist exhibition together. As we walk through the museum, I will encourage you to think about what the pieces mean to you and take note of any that speak to you especially clearly. After the museum, we will head to a nearby café or the park - weather permitting - to paint on a canvas with impressions from the exhibition. Here you will set about recreating your favorite work seen that day, reimagining the themes and techniques according to your own style and preferences. This experience is not a museum tour but focus working on abstract paintings and how they help you express your inner feelings through making visual art.

Expressive Painting workshops

Express your feelings. Tell your stories. Spirit up your walls. 

Drawing and painting exercise the mind to help you see the world in a different light. This workshop, through exploring lines, shapes and colors will help to expand how you think visually.  Beyond learning to draw and paint objects, it’s also a path to raise your awareness and awaken internal energies.  

We will visit 3 private modern art galleries in San Francisco. After you get fully inspired, we will go to my studio space where I will guide you work on an abstract expressive painting. At the end of the workshop, you'll have your very own art piece to take home and frame. I will also direct you on where to go to see highly selected art openings and events for the rest of your art time in San Francisco.

Book Work shops

WISH TREE BY RECYCLED ART

I mentored students created a wish tree by recycled materials this year.  We collected recycled materials and found objects in the nature, such as junk mails, paper plates, falling branches.  Instead of buying products, students turned wastes into creative art projects to share with their friends and families. .  By complete our recycled tree, students became more aware to our environment, what they thrown away in a daily base and use their imaginations to transform junks to beautiful objects.  My goals for this course is to inspire students buy less, reuse and recreate, own less and live more.  We wish healthier life and a greener planet.

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LIVE CALLIGRAPHIC BY JUNE LI

Calligraphic is life itself. When the brush hits the paper, it's birth.
After the brush left the paper, it's death. It lives in the moment.

PROJECT 1: WE ARE OUR OWN GHOST

We are our own ghost of our goals
and dreams. To deal with this enemy,
we forgive, accept, and be with it.
I invite audience for this adventurous encounter
to experience the darkness and the
deepest fear of our ghost.

PROJECT 2: LUST. CAUTION

I keep looking at these two words and try to write a description. 
I failed in finding other words more precise than what they are.
Therefore, I invite audience to complete this piece with me, 
accompany me trailing tendrils of ancient calligraphy between
lines and lines, strokes and strokes, to find their own answer
through being a witness. 

Please contact June Li for performances.

WE ARE OUR OWN GHOST - JuneLi Live Painting Performance at Pier 70

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjiowrUqyoM

On this wall, I am performing a 20 ft x 9 ft Live Painting with Chinese Calligraphy “We are our own Ghost” during the GHOST SHIP VIII: ANNIHILATION.

We are our own ghost of our goals and dreams. To deal with this enemy, we forgive, accept, and be with it. Join me for this adventurous encounter to experience the darkness and the deepest fear of our ghost.

Look forward to going on this journey with you!

Oct 30 at 11:55pm to Oct 31 at 12:30am

70 Pier, San Francisco, California 94107

MORE INFO: www.ghostshiphalloween.com | www.facebook.com/ghostshiphalloween

INNER GARDENS Oil Painting Solo Exhibition

Enter the inner world and reconnect with our magical inner and outer earth - a mystic garden full of wisdom and truth, there in the rich soil that nourishes all possibilities. I created these oil paintings in a quest to come closer to the roots of instinct, in search of a wild and deep power within.

August 6th - November 6th at District

Art Opening: Thursday, August 6th at 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Address: 216 Townsend St, San Francisco, California 94107