Chinese Mountain / Valley Waterfall Landscape Painting

South Chinese Mountain Waterfall Landscape

The Chinese title is "Shen Shan Zhu Ren Jia".

To break it down:
shen = deep
shan = mountain
zhu = live
ren = people
jia = family/home

This could be translated into English as...
"Deep in the Mountains, People Make Their Homes" or simply, "Life, Deep in the Mountains".

Painted in 2004. The artist has now retired from painting.

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About the artist:

The artist's name is Chen Rui-Fu. He is the youngest artist that we represent as he was born in 1975.

I found this artist through his teacher, who happens to be Mr. Ou-Yang (you have probably seen some of his work on Oriental Outpost).

Chen Rui-Fu is from Longsheng county of Guangxi Province in Southern China.

After graduating from Liuzhou Traditional Chinese Arts Academy, he began working as a designer for an arts & crafts factory.  A few years ago, the factory went out of business, leaving him with no way to support himself or his family.

He made a decision to become a full time artist, and be his own boss. But he also needed to "brush up" on his traditional Chinese painting techniques. Through a friend, he was introduced to Mr. Ou-Yang Guo-De, a somewhat famous artist of Guilin in Guangxi Province. Mr. Ou-Yang became his mentor and guide as this new venture started. Already Chen Rui-Fu has aroused the interest of many art buyers because of his rich colors and wonderful balance/contrast of sharp details and softer backgrounds in his paintings.

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More about the painting:

This is an "elaborate style" painting which has a lot of detail and uses a delicate technique with a very fine brush. Each stroke is meticulously applied. This technique takes a long time for the artist to complete.

This painting was created on xuan paper (rice paper) which has been mounted to a silk matting/border. The artist used special Chinese black ink and watercolor.