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Cabbie sketches customers as traffic light souvenir
(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-10-22 08:45

A cab driver from Shenyang, capital of Liaoning province, sketches his passengers and gives them his works as souvenirs while waiting for red lights to turn green.

A young woman was surprised upon receiving such a gift while taking his taxi last Wednesday.

"It looked so vivid that I was really pleased," she said of the cabbie Li Hao's work.

"It only takes a few minutes for me to sketch a head portrait for a passenger," the 51-year-old driver said.

"I've learned the skill since I was 17. Now, I'm a member of Shenyang Artists Society."

In August alone, he sketched 68 passengers including foreigners.

(Shenyang Evening News)