The silk of this Chinese landscape scroll painting carries blossoming trees, mountains, peach blossom, spring, village, and houses, handled throughout with rich, full color. For lovers of traditional shanshui painting, the format will feel familiar and the subject fresh. The mood is set in the first glance: calm, unhurried, and quietly confident.
Look longer and the meaning opens up — peach blossom, the flower of spring romance, and the brush clearly enjoyed every corner of the setting. The subject takes its form from rich, full color; its feeling comes from quiet, harmonious hues. The traditional scroll mounting keeps the painting lying flat and true on the wall. Quiet, harmonious hues dominate the scene, but small accents keep blossoming trees from getting lost. In the quiet, harmonious hues, blossoming trees finds exactly the mood it needs.
Somewhere with soft, indirect light shows the silk to its best advantage. New homeowners and newlyweds will both find a place for it.
