This bamboo scroll painting is a study of the winter snow theme, patient and well observed. The painter trusts suggestion over statement, letting the viewer complete the picture. It belongs with the best of feng shui home decor, the sort that settles into a room from day one.
Winter holds the scene in its grip, the palette cooled and quieted. Snow settles on the pines, each needle mass tipped with white. The plum blossom motif is worked into the composition with classical restraint. Light seems to move through the scene even though nothing moves. The picture sits comfortably in its tradition without being bound by it. The overall impression is one of poise, hard to achieve and harder to fake.
It keeps good company with the finest chinese silk scroll painting, the kind that rewards daily looking. Let it hang where morning light can find it; the silk will thank you. Give it time; the best pictures are slow company.
