Collectors of butterfly art will like this one — a Chinese scroll painting with genuine charm. Painters never tired of the butterfly, and looking at this scroll, neither will you. Study it a while and cotton rose, pink flowers and calligraphy emerge from the background, each one carefully observed.
The classical brushwork manner suits the subject perfectly — ink and light color in the literati manner. Hang it for the beauty, keep it for the meaning: the cotton rose changes color through the day — beauty that doesn't sit still. The palette leans pale pinks, which keeps the whole scroll calm and easy to place. Autumn runs through it — ripe color, clear air, the year turning, and the scroll knows it. One cord, one nail: the scroll hangs flat and true, in the time-honored fashion.
Hung straight from its cord with no frame required, it brings a calm focal point to whatever wall it meets. Its demands are small: one nail, one calm wall. It is a fine example of cotton rose and pink flowers Chinese painting, the kind of piece that grows on you.
