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Page 10 THE BATTALION MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1978 Ground stones used for paintings Taiwan artist visits son at A&M By GEORGE ROWE Battalion Reporter Ground stones, glue, and large pieces of silk are just a few of the things Chen Chin uses to make a painting. Chin is a 72-year-old woman from Taipei, Taiwan, who is visiting her son, Ching-Chia Shaw, a Texas A&M University graduate student in chemical engineering. Chin does not speak any English, so her son acts as an interpreter. Chin said she first became in terested in Oriental painting in grade school, but it wasn’t until she was in the equivalent of an Ameri can junior high school that she started to take painting seriously. In junior high Chin studied paint ing under Gohara Koto, a Japanese artist who is well known in Taiwan and Japan. After she finished junior high. Koto told Chin and her father that she should go to an art college. Chin said her father was unusual in that he wanted all his children to go to college, including Chin, he said the idea of sending women to college in her country during the 1920s was unheard of. Introducing Something Nezv Especially For Ladies Chin attended the Japan Tokyo Girl’s Art University and received her degree in 1929. Chin spent half of the next 12 years living in Japan and half in Taiwan. In Taiwan she taught painting to students, and in Japan she painted for commissions. 813 Old College Rd. Tuesday Is For Ladies ANNOUNCING LADIES NIGHT 846-1100 (alias Sure Happy It's Tuesday) For Ladies Only 5c CHAMPAGNE V2 PRICE DRINKS LADIES NO COVER CHARGE (Guys $2.00) Bryan-College Station’s Big City Disco Chin paints in the traditional Chinese style, using ground stones instead of oil paint to create images on pieces of silk. The ground stone is applied to silk by a fine-tipped brush and glue. Chin said this tech nique eliminates brush strokes in the painting. Chin said she spent more than a year on some paintings. One of these was seven feet tall and eight feet long. Chin said that she spends a portion of her painting time think ing about what she is trying to con vey. Oriental painting is difficult because the artist cannot make any mistakes because once it’s on silk, the ground stone cannot be changed, Chin said. Chin is well known for her paint ings in Taiwan and Japan. Her fame RESUME SERVICE Sell yourself effectively. Have a professional resume prepared by BUSINESS & COMMUNICATION SERVICES Call 846-5794 for an appointment Aggies, you can make a difference on Nov. 7 you can help elect Edward W. Valenta (republican) class of ’73 Brazos County Tax Assessor-Collector He is a lifetime resident of Brazos County and is qualified through his graduate studies at A&M in the fields of education, history, and public administration to deal with the problems of a growing college community. Pd. pol. adv. by N. A. McNeil, class of 35; Joe H. Valenta, Class of '70; Mrs. Edward W. Valenta, class of ’78. ANYONE CAN TALK . . . It would be easy for Wes Mowery, Republican candidate for U. S. Congress to tell you he is going to change the world when he goes to Washington. He knows better than that, because he knows as you do that no one congressman can ever change anything without the help of his colleagues. Wes Mowery is more concerned with representing you. His experiences as a Farmer, Rancher, and Businessman have taught him to work with people in any endeavor. As your representative in Washington, Wes will listen to you. Anyone can talk, but its not everyone who will listen. Wes Mowery has earned your vote. Vote for Wes, Tuesday, November 7. IF YOU LIVE IN: • Peppertree, Doux Chene, Willowick, Parkway, Arbor Square, or registered in Precinct 31. Durango, Southwest Village or registered in Precinct 8. 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A copy of our report is filed with the Federal Election Commission and is available for purchase from the Federal Election Commission, Washington, D.C. started when one of her paintings was displayed in Tei Tein, at an an nual Japanese art exhibit in 1932. Chin said only 40 paintings were selected from thousands to be shown at Tei Tein. Chin added that each time an artist’s has a painting in Tei Tein, the artist’s paintings increase in value. Chin said that she became so well known that she con fined to use her maiden name on paintings after she married. Chin had pictures in the Japanese exhibit every year from 1932 to 1941, and today her smallest paint ings are worth at least $1,000. Chin said she loves painting, see ing something and recording it with paint, and that she will paint until the last day of her life. Chen Chin, a 72-year-old Taiwanese artist, shows oneoflier ground stone-on-silk paintings. Battalion photo by George Row Democratic nominees due to take state governorships United Press International WASHINGTON — Thirty-six states choose governors Tuesday in elections likely to brighten the pres idential dreams of two candidates. Democrat Edmund G. Brown Jr. of California and Republican Jim Thompson of Illinois apparently will win easily — making them powers to be reckoned with at the 1980 political conventions and beyond. While Brown may stand little chance of wresting the nomination from President Carter, he is only 40 and just entering the prime years for presidential aspirants. But Thompson, 42, clearly shapes up as a 1980 GOP nomination con tender. His Democratic challenger in Illinois, state Comptroller Michael Bakalis, claims Thompson may he more interested in the White House than the state house. Nationwide, Democrats control 37 governorships, Republicans 12. Independent James Longley of Maine is not seeking re-election. 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