Chinese arts paper mounted on card original work

Inscription reads Joy of Spring

YAN Three Gold Fish water scene Chinese painting

The dark bamboo leaves overhang a playful yet peaceful scene of goldfish frolicking in the clear waters, similar to “Flower and Bird” paintings the Chinese paintings of fish display a small window into beautiful nature of animal and plant.

The large tails and delicate fins of these small animals propel them through the water in lazy peaceful fashion perhaps idling in the shade of the bamboo leaves offers a little respite from the warmth of this sunny day.

Fairly typical of YAN paintings this piece displays a colourful colour palette which is very beautiful and brings a great deal of colour, though YAN paintings use traditional typically mineral inks which tend towards darker colours – as evidenced in the overhanging bamboo, which is typical of this style of work – her work that shows animals often bring much colour and life.

The drawing of fish is described in this post here and this work – as is fairly typical in Chinese traditional arts painting – have fish that are drawn with a great life and movement, though in this piece subdued due to the nature of the setting.

This painting is of a Chinese traditional painting paper of yellow tint and obvious fabric like material effect, the paper is not smooth and not canvas yet displays the small fibres of a thicker paper or card.

The paper is mounted upon a slightly off white tending towards yellow card whose colour is captured adequately in the above picture when compared to the white background of the website, this is not a framed painting yet has a rigidity suitable for direct hanging or better still mounting in a frame or other display medium.

This work and others displayed in our art gallery are available for purchase directly from the artist through negotiated price, contact address is provided in the top most art gallery post.