Chinese Calligraphy Scroll Painting – Silk Wall Art – Cursive Script

A Chinese calligraphy scroll, this scroll celebrates the brush itself: characters written with speed, weight and balance. The characters vary in size and spacing, giving the scroll a natural, musical rhythm. From a distance it's one image; up close it's cursive script, each worth a look on its own.

As a calligraphy silk wall art, it sits comfortably alongside much older pieces without feeling like a copy. Each character is balanced on its own and in conversation with its neighbors — the spacing is half the art. In China the written word outranks all other arts — a good hand was the scholar's calling card, in the old visual language of Chinese painting. Morning light and lamplight each find something different in it. Hang it at eye level and it pulls viewers in gently, without taking over.

Choose a spot with a slow pace — the study, the tea corner, the hallway between rooms. A single nail and a quiet stretch of wall are all it asks for.