Chinese artist exhibits G20 leaders´ portraits in Beijing, London

Yu is a productive oil painter known for his Chinese landscapes, but this time, he used water and ink, which is traditional for Chinese art.

"I added lots of ideas from Western oil painting," he said.

Yu has never met any of these leaders but sought a glimpse of their inner world with photos, film footage and books about them.

"Yu has expressed the common aspiration of the Chinese people -- join hands to combat the crisis," said Ma Zhenxuan, president of the BAC.

The Beijing Olympic Committee gave Yu's landscapes as official presents to important visitors to the Games, which made him the first Chinese artist to have his works chosen as official Olympic presents.

Yu is now preparing for a world series of landscapes. He has written to leaders of countries and regions to seek for their support to help him complete the task, which may take 10 to 15 years. Britain will be the first leg of his artistic long march.

Editor:Xiong Qu