ILLUSTRATED:

Drawing World of Xia Junna, Liaoning Fine Arts Press, February, 2003, color illustrated, p. 13

Li Fang ed., Estheticism-Celebrated Female Painters Series, Yang Liu Qing Painting Publishing, Tianjin, 2005, color illustrated, p. 140

This young painter, having the bright and mature individual style in her creations, was born in 1970's. Her paintings possess rich exoticism and her usage of colors jumbled a poetic sentiment decoration and feminine gentleness together. In Xia Junna's lady paintings, it seems always having the intention or no intention to transmit one kind of tranquil gentle breath. in Xia's lady paintings.

This painting, "Insect Lovers" was created in 1995. She used lady as the subject. Xia once said, "The lady who is so beautiful or has delicate features won't appear in my painting. All beautiful ladies which I paint have a crooked and long face, because what I draw isn't portrait painting." she also explained that the blurry faces are meant to let the audience seeing the whole picture, but not to be misled by a detailed portrait. Xia Junna's works moved with neutrality but still fill delightful and has overthrown the past delight. Her creative way to combine the aesthetic view of both East and West lets her paintings present the mystical atmosphere which nearly like what the symbolism or the surrealism have.

Artist, Mao Yan also said: "When Xia Junna makes efforts to depict the beautiful lady, she often seems to put them out of the realistic scene. Even the gorgeous lights were coming from the flowers and grasses. The scene is arranged with fun and excitement. She puts herself in a relatively quiet space, having no intention to be involved in fashionable concepts. She enjoys a kind of bright and happy painting by herself."