Chinese Waterfall Landscape Painting

South Chinese Waterfall Landscape

The Chinese title is "Xi Shan You Ju".

To break it down:
xi = spring water
shan = mountain
you = quiet/tranquil
ju = life/living

This could be translated into English as...
"The Flowing Mountain Spring Brings Tranquility to Your Life".

Painted/dated August of 2004 - held in reserve until 2008. 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.