Several weeks ago I went to Shanghai and visited my high school Chinese teacher. He is the best teacher I have ever had. We all love him.
I didn't know what I should bring to him as a gift. I thought this for a long time. At the end I decided to make a book of copies of my paintings because all of them are too huge to carry on. I still had another idea of the gift. I could paint on mini canvas.
I purchased the mini canvases on line and started painting. What I should paint? This is another question. I hope my teacher could travel in our state. So I can paint our landmarks since Oregon is a very beautiful state in the USA.
I chose five landmarks of our state to paint. Here is one.
几周前回上海看望了我的高中语文老师，老先生精神矍铄，风采丝毫不减当年。他是我最敬重与喜爱的老师，阔别多年能再次见到先生，由衷高兴。
回去前，我也曾想着，给老师带什么礼物呢？寻思良久，想到把我这些年画的画送给老师吧。但是画幅都很大，很难带走，最后决定都拍成照片，再自己制作一本册子，把照片收录进去，做成一本画册。可是对于只送复印品还是觉得少了诚意。突然看见网上有迷你画板卖，买了几个回来，还是画点真迹送给老师吧。
画板拿到了，画什么又成了一个新问题。因为非常希望老师可以来我们州做客，遂想到是不是画画我们州的风景比较好。想到就开始行动，因为画幅很小，一幅画其实很快就能画完。我选了我们州五个地标，当然我们这远远不止这五个地标。
It is very small. 3"x3"inches
From left to right and up to down:
Cannon Beach 加农海滩
Mount Hood 胡德雪山
Columbia River Gorge 哥伦比亚河峡谷
Multnomah Fall 马特诺玛瀑布
Crater Lake National Park 奎特湖国家公园