Unroll this scroll and a mountain-and-water landscape open up before you, painted the old way on silk. It is the landscape that holds the eye first; everything else in the scroll plays supporting role. Look closer and you'll pick out pine, pavilion and figure — each stroke placed with intent.
The classical brushwork manner suits the subject perfectly — ink and light color in the literati manner. In Chinese painting, the pavilion is the scholar's retreat — a place for wine, poetry and friends. The season is unmistakable — a hushed winter scene of bare branches and still, enduring air. It comes finished as a hanging scroll should be: silk-mounted, complete, needing no frame. Hang it where conversation happens — it gives people something worth talking about.
No frame is needed — it hangs as a traditional scroll and settles into any spot that wants a calm focal point. Collectors of landscape silk wall art will find this one easy to live with. It is a fine example of pine and pavilion Chinese painting, the kind of piece that grows on you.
