Bamboo Chinese Scroll Painting – Silk Wall Art – Antique Carp Fish

This is a Bamboo Chinese scroll painting in the truest sense — bamboo in the wind, painted to be lived with. It is the bamboo that holds the eye first; everything else in the scroll plays supporting role. The painter didn't skimp on detail — fish, carp and lotus leaf all get their moment.

Classical handling shows in every stroke — ink and pale washes in the literati manner. The symbolism is part of the pleasure: the antique manner lends it the gravity of an old master. There is high summer in this scroll — full bloom, thick green, the long light of the season. It sits naturally in the vertical format; your eye travels down the silk the way the painter planned.

Decent light, a clear stretch of wall — that is the whole installation manual. Collectors of bamboo silk wall art will find this one easy to live with.