The Auburn Community and Event Center Gallery presents the works of Gongbi – an Exhibit by Amy Y. Sie – through Nov. 30.

The gallery, at 910 Ninth St. SE, is open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Admission is free.

An artist reception is 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12.

Drawn to bright, vibrant colors that give drama and excitement to quiet living, Sie creates works that glow with light. Amy works in the traditional medium of Gongbi, the fine brush painting technique that requires the use of ink and brush to outline subject matter and layering colors to depict depth and perspective.

Gongbi allows Sie to see with different “eyes” the beauty of nature. Mastery of Gongbi technique allows her to continue to use traditional Chinese brushwork, and the interplay between ink and rice paper to depict subject matter reflective of her life in the Northwest.

Born to Chinese Indonesian parents in Chungking, China, Sie was raised in a household where English, Indonesian and Chinese languages were used on a daily basis. This early exposure to diversity in language and culture instilled in her the appreciation for the eclectic. Using Gongbi style as a foundation, she integrates her ethnic heritages and the influences from her British and American education into her paintings, both in the selection of subjects and the choice of colors.