C.K. Chang is an enthusiastic nature lover, fascinated and awed by nature's beauty everywhere, any time of day and in all four seasons. Inspiration for his work comes from the beauty of crowning mountains, treasured national parks, the vast oceans and seas with constant moving waves, peaceful walks along lakeshores, flowers, water lilies, trees in autumn, trail paths through woods and even his backyard.   The artist tries to create the mood of the setting so that viewers can share nature's delights at that particular moment and place.

The Art of Note logo is a picture, Art and Music I , that Chang painted specifically for this fundraiser.
 
Chang painted the cello specifically for the Art of Note Auction to help to raise money for the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras. This cello celebrates the melding of music and the visual arts. On the side, is a poem written in Chinese Calligraphy:

          Clouds over water
               Lit by sun's golden eye
          Scarlet-streaked ocher
               Art of Madison Sky!

          Over seas of grass
               Waves of music sing
          Flute, harp, cello
               Wisconsin soul to bring!

          By Deborah Turski, M.D. 

http://www.ckchang.com/
The artist has taken many courses and workshops through the University of Wisconsin art outreach program and has participated in more than 40 group shows over the last 13 years throughout the state, and has won many regional and state awards. He had two solo exhibits at Monroe Art Center and University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics.

The artist is a member of Wisconsin Regional Artists Association (WRAA) and has served on the WRAA Board of Directors since 1995, as WRAA Publicity Chair 1996-1998; WRAA Membership Chair 1998-2001; WRAA Wisconsin Regional Art Program (WRAP) Coordinator 2001-present. He won the John Steuart Curry Medal Award for his services in 2003.