The pavilions houses theme gives this landscape scroll painting its center, rendered in the old manner. The work reads as a whole from across the room and rewards a closer look too. It belongs with the best of serene chinese wall decor, the sort that settles into a room from day one.
The mountain forms are abbreviated to their essence, all mass and gesture. Against the silk ground, the pavilions reads clearly at any distance. The houses appears as a small pleasure of the composition, easily missed and worth finding. The picture lives in its ink wash, tonal rather than colorful, and richer for it. Silk gives the colors a muted glow that deepens under soft light.
Collectors of feng shui home decor will recognize the vocabulary at once: restraint, balance, and a feel for the natural world. Every viewing finds something the last one missed. A quiet anchor for a reading nook or entryway.
