Here’s a snippet about her from this article (that also features more photographs of her work, including this sculpture):
Rong has pursued sculpting since an early age. She studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, then under the tutelage of sculptor Wang Du, and later she “immersed herself” in figurative sculpture techniques used by European artists in the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Their sense of femininity plays a defining role in Rong’s contemporary works, and the stylistic guidelines help carry on the tradition of realistic sculptures in art.
When Japanese artist Akie Nakata looks at stones she finds the animals hiding in their contours and paints the stones to make those creatures visible to the rest of us. The self-described stone artist creates impressively realistic animals without ever actually altering the stones themselves. She paints them with great patience and skill, making clever use of their natural shapes, turning each into the most lifelike and beautiful pet rocks we’ve ever seen.
“What I paint on stone is inspired by the stone itself,” she explains. “In order to bring out the living being that I feel in the stone to its surface, I proceed very carefully. I consider step by step, for example, whether I am positioning the backbone in the right place. Does it feel right? Am I forcing something that disagrees with the natural shape of the stone?”