Landscape Chinese Scroll Painting – Silk Wall Art – Red Peak Maple

The red peak maple theme is rendered here in a landscape scroll painting that favors grace over display. There is nothing hurried here; the brush takes its time, and so should the viewer. It belongs with the best of feng shui home decor, the sort that settles into a room from day one.

Blue-green mineral color, in the qinglv manner, gives the landscape its jewel-like glow. The pines are painted with character, each one bent by its own imagined wind. The brush-written text is part of the design, not an afterthought. The red peak adds a quiet accent, handled in the old manner of the brush. A carved seal in red ink marks the work as the artist's own. The house adds a quiet accent, handled in the old manner of the brush. Drawn with economical strokes, the red maple keeps the scene grounded and honest. Mountains dominate the scene, massed in overlapping planes that lead the eye upward. The artist lets the figure speak plainly, without ornament or excess. From a high cleft the waterfall descends, a ribbon of light in the gloom.

As oriental wall hanging, it asks for nothing more than a good wall and soft light. Hang it at eye level, stand back, and let the composition settle around you. Hang it alone and let it carry the space.