A graceful silk scroll devoted to banana leaf fan. The eye settles first on a fan close at hand. This is ink wash landscape scroll at its most charming, thanks to a carefully placed fan.
The artist works in fine-line gongbi, building the image from careful gradations of ink. Both fine-line gongbi and rich color are on display here, balanced between detail and open space. Do not miss sprays of banana leaf, or softly rendered rock tucked nearby. It hangs flat and true, the silk tensioned in the traditional manner. Few decorations earn their wall space so gracefully. It is decorative in the best sense: it decorates the mood, not just the wall.
This banana leaf fan scroll belongs on any shortlist of chinese silk scroll. It keeps good company with other silk scroll wall hanging; banana leaf in soft focus adds quiet interest. Hang a pair of scrolls flanking it for a fuller display. Hang it in a living room, study, or hallway where you will see it every day.
