Starbucks Announced

Media: Chinese ink and color on paper with traditional paper backing

Date: 2017

Signed: Lu Kesi [in Chinese]

Seals: Lu (upper left, under signature); Lu Kesi (lower left, over signature)

Inscription: Based on a painting by Huang Binhong. Painted by Lu Kesi in the year of the Fire Chicken 2017. (upper left); “Starbucks announced that it plans to double the number of its stores in China from more than 2,300 to 5,000 by 2021. Starbucks says that it will open more than one new store a day for the next five years.” (center right)

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Description

“Starbucks announced that it plans to double the number of its stores in China from more than 2,300 to 5,000 by 2021. Starbucks says that it will open more than one new store a day for the next five years.” [Based on a news story.]

A color painting by Lu Kesi based on an original by Huang Binhong (1865-1955) in order to learn from his style—with a few modern updates.

The image shows the painting before it’s had a backing sheet applied, so wrinkles create shadows that are not part of the finished painting. A better version will be posted once it gets backed.