This wall scroll presents boats house in timeless style. The scroll announces itself with softly rendered waterfall. As ink wash landscape scroll goes, distant waterfall gives this one real presence. The brushwork repays attention the longer you look. It looks equally at home above a console table or a desk.
The painter adds boats nearby and the house for good measure. Look closely and you will find sprays of trees. Its tall, narrow shape fits spaces where wide frames cannot. The kind of piece designers reach for when a room needs soul. It is the visual equivalent of a deep breath.
This boats house scroll belongs on any shortlist of chinese scroll painting. It rounds out a grouping of oriental home decor nicely, with boats close at hand as a highlight. It brings a scholar's calm to a busy household. Above a sideboard or low bookshelf, it draws the eye upward.
