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![](https://i0.wp.com/lilyhonglei.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/53-8-Immortals-1.jpg?fit=2160%2C1350&ssl=1 "New Eight Immortals Crossing the Ocean (version 2). 96" x 64". Oil on canvas. 2024")
![](https://i0.wp.com/lilyhonglei.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/42nd-street.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1 "42nd Street. 48" x 48". Oil on canvas. 2023")
![](https://i0.wp.com/lilyhonglei.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/42-7-train-1.jpg?fit=1350%2C1350&ssl=1 "7 Train. 48" x 48". Oil on canvas. 2023")
![](https://i0.wp.com/lilyhonglei.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/45-Statues-of-ImmigrantS.jpg?fit=1000%2C1332&ssl=1 "Status of Immigrants. 48" x 36". Oil on canvas. 2023")
![](https://i0.wp.com/lilyhonglei.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/41-No-Escape-on-40th-Rd-1.jpg?fit=1350%2C1350&ssl=1 "No Escape on the 40th Rd. 48" x 48". Oil on canvas. 2023")
![](https://i0.wp.com/lilyhonglei.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/43-Wedding-of-Death-1.jpg?fit=1350%2C1350&ssl=1 "Wedding of Death. 48" x 48". Oil on canvas. 2024")
![](https://i0.wp.com/lilyhonglei.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/6__Yang_Magic-Wok.jpg?fit=1080%2C1350&ssl=1 "Magic Wok. 64" x 48". Oil on canvas. 2024")
![](https://i0.wp.com/lilyhonglei.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/porcelain-railS-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C2048&ssl=1 "Overland. 60" x 48". Oil on canvas. 2024")
![](https://i0.wp.com/lilyhonglei.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/7_Yang_Landscape-Float-scaled.jpg?fit=2048%2C2560&ssl=1 "Landscape Float. 60" x 48". Oil on canvas. 2024")
![](https://i0.wp.com/lilyhonglei.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/masterpiece-manicurePs-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C2560&ssl=1 "Manicure Masterpiece. 48" x 48". Oil on canvas. 2024")
![](https://i0.wp.com/lilyhonglei.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/6_Yang_Asian_American_Mythology.jpg?fit=2300%2C1535&ssl=1 "Stars and Stripes. 72" x 48". Oil on canvas. 2023")
![](https://i0.wp.com/lilyhonglei.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/34-Life-and-Death-of-Li-2.jpg?fit=1350%2C1350&ssl=1 "Life and Death of My Friends, I. 48"x48". Oil on canvas. 2022")
![](https://i0.wp.com/lilyhonglei.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/38-The-Postmortem-of-Bu.jpg?fit=1350%2C1350&ssl=1 "Life and Death of My Friends, III. 48"x48". Oil on canvas. 2022")
![](https://i0.wp.com/lilyhonglei.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/37-The-Cold-Case-of-Xu.jpg?fit=1350%2C1350&ssl=1 "Life and Death of My Friends, II. 48"x48". Oil on canvas. 2022")
![](https://i0.wp.com/lilyhonglei.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/52-Voodoo-DollS.jpg?fit=1600%2C1600&ssl=1 "Afang Moy. Oil on canvas. 48"x48". 2023")
![Lily Honglei, Chinese American artist, Asian American artist](https://i0.wp.com/lilyhonglei.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/8immortals.jpg?ssl=1 "New Eight Immortals. 158" X 96". Oil painting on wood panels.")
![Lily Honglei, Asian American artist, Chinese American artist](https://i0.wp.com/lilyhonglei.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/immigrantN-SMALL-1-scaled.jpg?ssl=1 "IMMIGRANT. 162" X 39". Oil painting on wood panels.")
![Chinese railroad builders](https://i0.wp.com/lilyhonglei.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Lily_Honglei_5.jpg?ssl=1 "Overland: The First Transcontinental Railroad. 153" X 48". Oil painting on wood panels.")
![](https://i0.wp.com/lilyhonglei.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/goldfish-5-847x1024.jpg?ssl=1 "Tears of Gold Fish. 56" X 48". Oil painting on wood panels.")
![Lily Honglei, Asian American artist](https://i0.wp.com/lilyhonglei.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/chicago2.jpg?ssl=1 "Morning Glories of Chicago. 48" X 48". Oil painting on wood panels.")
![Lily Honglei, Asian American artist, Chinese American artist](https://i0.wp.com/lilyhonglei.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/bayside.jpg?ssl=1 "Artist Family and Racoon. 48" X 48". Oil painting on wood panels.")
![Lily Honglei, Asian American artist, Chinese American artist](https://i0.wp.com/lilyhonglei.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/butterfly.jpg?ssl=1 "Bamboo on Kissena Blvd. 48" X 60". Oil painting on wood panels.")
![Lily Honglei, Asian American artist, Chinese American artist, immigrant artist](https://i0.wp.com/lilyhonglei.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/moon2.jpg?ssl=1 "The Moon, I. 56" X 48". Oil painting on wood panels.")
![Lily Honglei, Asian American artist, Chinese American artist, immigrant artist](https://i0.wp.com/lilyhonglei.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/moon1-1.jpg?ssl=1 "The Moon, II. 56" X 48". Oil painting on wood panels.")
![Lily Honglei, Chinese American artist, Asian American artist](https://i0.wp.com/lilyhonglei.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/moon3.jpg?ssl=1 "The Moon, III. 56" X 48". Oil painting on wood panels.")
![Lily Honglei, Asian American artist, Chinese American artist, immigrant artist](https://i0.wp.com/lilyhonglei.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/tree2.jpg?ssl=1 "Tree of Life on Main Street. 107" X 102". Oil painting on wood panels.")
