Looking for the Plum Blossoms

This is the roughly-translated English meaning for the Chinese title of this piece.

The Chinese title is "Jiao Wai Xun Mei" which is a poetic title written vertically in the upper left of the painting. See the four largest characters - that's the title.

The characters following the title are simply the artist's signature.

This artwork features a man who is enjoying the view of plum blossoms in early Spring or perhaps Winter.

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About the Art

This is a simplistic painting style, but it also incorporates a lot of detail. This painting really mimics the 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 our workshop.

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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.