In early 1993 in a gallery in Taipei, Taiwan (not sure exactly which
one), I saw the work of a contemporary Chinese/Taiwanese artist. The
works appeared to be oil on canvas in neutral colors, with Chinese
calligraphy and painted water droplets dripping down the canvas. Who
was the artist?

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Request for Question Clarification by politicalguru-ga on 20 Jun 2003 04:09 PDT

Could this be the type of style? 
http://www.chineseartnet.com/xuxi/Ireland/XuXi_IrelandAs.jpg

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Clarification of Question by chriso_312-ga on 20 Jun 2003 09:13 PDT

Hello and thank you for responding. Unfortunately, that's not it.  The
work that I saw in Taipei was in painted in a photo-realistic style
(i.e. it was painted but the water droplets falling down the face of
the painting were painted in a highly realistic, photograph like
fashion).  Thank you for your assistance.

I think you might be talking about Hung Liu.  I'm not familiar with
her work as far back as 1993 but what she does now probably wouldn't
be considered "photorealistic" as such.  However, the water droplets
you describe are one of the more defining elements of her style.  She
has a piece in the permanent collection at the Kemper Museum in Kansas
City.  You can view it here, along with a short biography:

     http://www.kemperart.org/permanent/works/Liu.asp

Here are a few more links I found:

     http://www.artnet.com/ag/fulltextsearch.asp?searchstring=Hung+Liu
     http://www.renabranstengallery.com/liu.html

I hope that helps.  Even if she is not the artist you had in mind, the
paintings are worth looking at.  She's an amazing artist.

Tim