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There are piles of heavy books on tables, bookshelves and chairs in Liang Yuanwei's Beijing art studio. The 40-year-old has been researching fresco art both in China and the West.

This, she says, is her usual way of creating art - doing lots of research before putting her own feelings and ideas onto canvas.

Her style is reflected in her work. She loves repeating a single pattern - a petal or a flower. Repetition is Liang's way of expressing her feelings, hoping that viewers will focus on the movements of her brush instead of the pattern or the story her painting tells.