The silk of this Chinese landscape scroll painting carries mountain, snow, mist, and pine, handled throughout with layered ink washes. This is the kind of traditional shanshui painting that changes a room without shouting about it. The painter lets the silk show through in places, and the breathing room pays off.
In Chinese art, layered mountains receding into the haze; the pine, symbol of resilience through winter. The subject takes its form from layered ink washes; its feeling comes from warm, unified color. Unlike paper, silk forgives nothing — and this brushwork needed no forgiveness. What stays with you is mountain, snow, and mist, set off by warm, unified color that flatter without competing. Warm, unified color dominate the scene, but small accents keep mountain from getting lost.
It is equally at home in an apartment or a larger house — scale is on its side. Anyone furnishing a new home will thank you for a piece like this.
