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<i><font color="#FFFFFF">Deng Jing Ren</font></i></h1></center>
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<br><font face="Verdana"><font color="#FFFFFF"><font size=-1>Deng Shu Heng
was born in 1945 in Fushan County, Shandong Province.&nbsp; In 1951 he
moved to Tianjin to join his father.&nbsp; His parents were poor and worked
both on farms and in various jobs around Tianjin.&nbsp; Deng Shu Heng left
school after the 6th grade to work and left home at age 14 to make his
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<p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#FFFFFF"><font size=-1>He worked various
itinerant jobs.&nbsp; It was not an unusual life in those days, or even
today.&nbsp; Young people leave the farms to find a new way of living and
get their education through experience.&nbsp; It is a much more fluid
and risky path, but one that served Deng well.</font></font></font>
<p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#FFFFFF"><font size=-1>Even as a child
he was attracted to the fine arts.&nbsp; He loved beautiful things.&nbsp;
He often visited temples and monasteries to see the paintings and statues.&nbsp;
Once on his own, he often visited Lin Jushi, a Buddhist monk in Tianjin.&nbsp;</font></font></font>
<p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#FFFFFF"><font size=-1>He used to
watch him as he painted and practiced calligraphy.&nbsp; He found it fascinating.&nbsp;&nbsp;
The monk must have responded to his avid interest because he introduced
him to Li Kun Pu, who was the Chief-secretary of the Tianjin Fine Arts
Association.&nbsp; Li Kun Pu began tutoring him.&nbsp; Before long Deng's
talents became evident.&nbsp;&nbsp; His life changed.&nbsp; He studied
painting and calligraphy and developed his skill.</font></font></font>
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<br><font face="Verdana"><font color="#FFFFFF"><font size=-1>During the
early stages of the Cultural Revolution Deng Shu Heng was sent with his
cadre to Xinjiang Autonomous Region for reeducation.&nbsp; He continued
to practice and learn calligraphy and painting there, eventually turning
to stone carving and adopting the pen name, Deng Jing Ren.&nbsp;</font></font></font>
<p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#FFFFFF"><font size=-1>Today, Deng
Shu Heng lives in Xinjiang in the desert foothills near Tianshan Lake.&nbsp;
The area offers contrasts of beauty from the spare to the lush.&nbsp; It's
a harsh environment but one that offers a close relationship with nature.&nbsp;</font></font></font>
<p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#FFFFFF"><font size=-1>He exhibits
his work in galleries in China and Japan and his work has been chosen as
presentation gifts to visiting heads of state and dignitaries by the government.</font></font></font></td>

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<td ALIGN=LEFT><font face="Verdana"><font color="#FFFFFF"><font size=-1>One
of the challenges of the seal to the left is to maintain the size and distance
of the characters to create an ordered pattern.</font></font></font>
<p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#FFFFFF"><font size=-1>A different
interpretation is used below where he melds the characters with the shape
of the stone and emphasizes the overall sense of motion.</font></font></font>
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one of his favorite works.&nbsp; If you examine the closeup on the right,
you will notice that the sun is created using columns of miniature characters.&nbsp;
In the gallery, you will find an enlargement of the base on which the tiger
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