“China is a country I lived and worked in and Sanya, is one of my favorite Chinese cities”. Lance loved it so much that he purchased an apartment on the Hainan Island, also known as The End of the Earth. It's the southernmost city on the Hainan Island, and one of the four prefecture-level cities of Hainan Province, in Southeast China. Renowned for its tropical climate Sanya is home to small concentrations of delightful Utsul people. With it's vast open blue skies and deep azure sea, in seeing his watercolours you’d almost believe you were looking at paintings of Hawaii. In this collection, Lance juxtaposes stunning romantic scenes with more vibrant realities of destitute living conditions. Chaotic towns and rusty stilt houses in Chinese fishing villages, bringing life to the generations of poor people living on water. Documenting the fast paced street peddler to the solitary fishing boats moored in a Chinese lagoon. For more images take a look at the folder ‘China‘ on page Paintings for sale. A number of Lance’s paintings of China are currently exhibited in the stunning Georgian building in Bath, Guildhall, High Street, Bath, BA1 5AW