Bird and Lotus Flower Pond
Clear Dawn
Chinese Scroll

Clear Dawn

A little bird perches over a lotus pond at dawn.

Close up view of the flower artwork mounted to this silk brocade wall scroll

The artist's title for this piece is 清曉圖 or "Qīng Xiǎo Tú".

For the translation:
Qīng = Clear
Xiǎo = Dawn
Tú = Picture/Painting

The inscription indicates that this artwork was painted in 2010 by Jian-Qiu at the Qing-Feng studio.

About the Art:

This painting has a simple muted background style but incorporates a lot of detail in the foreground subject of the artwork. This painting is a style of Chinese artwork that has been around for thousands of years.

This artwork is completely hand-painted and is mounted to a handmade silk wall scroll in my Beijing workshop.

About the Artist:

The artist's name is (Wang Jian-Qiu). He lives in Jinan, the capital city of Shandong Province in Northern China (about 5 hours south of Beijing). I was introduced to this artist's work at Qin Xia's studio in Jinan. This artist has been a long time friend of Qin Xia (You may recognize Qin Xia's name from artwork in our flowers and birds category). Wang Jian-Qiu also does some great detailed beautiful woman paintings, and occasionally does some landscapes for us as well.