杨彦

当她来到杨彦工作室时，她才惊喜地发现原来自己的丈夫是位画家。

She was surprised to discover her husband was a painter when she saw his studio .

杨彦认为，正是画中的那份朴实与纯粹令她的作品出类拔萃。

What stands out in her work , Yang Yan believes , is its innocence and purity .

爱达•杨和杨彦经由朋友介绍相识，尽管语言不通，但仍然无法阻止他们迅速坠入爱河。

Yang and Yang Yan met through friends and soon fell for each other , even though they did not speak a common language .

对于55岁的杨彦来说，这是一段等了20年的恋情。20年前，一座非洲女孩的雕塑深深印在他的脑海中；

For the 55-year-old Yang Yan , it was a romance he 'd been waiting for 20 years after seeing a sculpture of an African girl .

对于55岁的杨彦来说，这是一段等了20年的恋情。

For the 55-year-old Yang Yan , it was a romance he ` d been waiting for 20 years after seeing a sculpture of an African girl .

杨彦说：中国人喜欢梅花，它象征着中华文明所崇尚的正直和高贵；而芒果则象征着非洲。这个创意非常新颖。

Chinese people like plum blossom , which symbolizes integrity and nobility , characteristics that are admired in Chinese culture , while mango symbolizes Africa . This creative idea is very refreshing , Yang Yan says .

很多人来中国寻找异国情调，但对爱达•杨而言，她与中国结缘却始于一段恋情。2011年四月，她与赴非旅游的中国山水画家杨彦相识相恋，最终来到中国。

Many people come to China in search of the exotic , but for Yang it was a relationship with Chinese landscape painter Yang Yan , who visited Africa in April 2011 , that brought her to the country .

当杨彦离开画桌后，爱达杨便拿起画笔，开始画自己家乡随处可见的芒果树。她用不同的颜色和画笔来展现出芒果树各个生长阶段。

When Yang Yan left his desk , Yang picked up the brushes and began to paint mango trees - common in her hometown - using different colors and brush strokes to show how they looked at various stages of growth .