Qiu Minggong also known as “Swan Goose in the North of the River” comes from Qingzhou city of coastal Shandong province. Fond of painting since childhood， Mr. Qiu studied at the training center of Shandong Artists Association in 1999 and 2002 and further studies at the Studio of Huo Chunyang， School of Arts of Peking University. He is good at birdand-flower paintings， figure paintings and landscape paintings， in particular drawing swan goose that look so vivid and natural and fortitudinous with great ambition. His solo painting exhibitions were held in Beijing in 2016 and 2017 and his works have received the gold and silver awards for several times at national and provincial art exhibitions.

Mr. Qiu is a national class-A artist， a member of Chinese Artists Association， member of Shandong Artists Association， member of China Painting and Calligraphy Association， visiting professor of Henan Arts Research Institute.

邱明功，字“江北雁公”，瑞明齋主人，山東青州人。大專畢業(yè)，自幼酷愛書畫。1976年入伍于昌濰軍分區(qū)籃球隊后從事電影宣傳繪畫工作。1999年、2002年先后結(jié)業(yè)于山東省美術家協(xié)會培訓中心。現(xiàn)研修于北京大學藝術學院高研班霍春陽導師工作室，主攻花鳥兼人物、山水，尤以畫鴻雁見長。先由臨摹呂紀、張良、邊壽民前人畫譜入手，取各家之長，結(jié)合寫生創(chuàng)作，多年來苦學不輟，逐漸形成了自己的藝術風格。筆下的鴻雁氣韻生動傳神，筆墨瀟灑，構圖嚴謹大氣，把鴻雁堅忍不拔的遠大志向用不同的表達方式栩栩如生地呈現(xiàn)于紙上，使讀者真正感悟到了“棄燕雀之小志慕鴻鵠以高翔”的大雁精神。多幅作品發(fā)表于省、國家級報刊。多次在省、國家級美展中獲金銀獎。作品被國內(nèi)外各階層人士廣泛收藏，有“江北雁公”的美譽。

現(xiàn)受霍春陽、賈廣健導師的親臨傳教并受范揚、史國良、劉曦林等導師指教。

2016、2017年在北京舉辦個人畫展，并同王闊海、馬海方一起聯(lián)展，受到全國各地書畫同仁的高度贊譽。

現(xiàn)為山東省美術家協(xié)會會員，中國美術家學會會員，中國書畫家協(xié)會理事，國家一級美術師，《中國書畫家》雜志專業(yè)畫家，山東省泉城畫院花鳥創(chuàng)作室主任，北京大學藝術學院——霍春陽導師工作室畫家，河南省藝術研究院客座教授。