Winter Landscape Chinese Scroll Painting – Silk Wall Art – Plantain Trees Servant

Here the plantain trees servant theme is set down on silk, in a winter landscape scroll painting of the traditional school. The palette stays measured, favoring harmony over display. It belongs with the best of ink wash painting, the sort that settles into a room from day one.

The scholars settles naturally into the scene, balanced against the larger forms. Text and image answer each other here, the calligraphy echoing the painting's mood. Old pines, emblems of steadfastness, hold their ground along the ridge. The artist lets the snowy rocks speak plainly, without ornament or excess. Against the silk ground, the figures reads clearly at any distance. Snow dusts the branches and ridges, quieting the whole scene. Here the servant takes its place in the composition's larger rhythm. The banana leaves motif is worked into the composition with classical restraint. Drawn with economical strokes, the plantain trees keeps the scene grounded and honest.

It keeps good company with the finest oriental wall hanging, the kind that rewards daily looking. Give it wall space and it will repay the attention many times over. It makes a gracious gift for weddings and new homes.