Su Dong Po - Enjoy The Moment - You Never Know What Might Happen - Painting
78cm
30¾"
78.2cm
30¾"

Approximate Measurements

Artwork Panel: 68.2cm x 68cm  ≈  26¾" x 26¾"

Silk/Brocade Border: 78.2cm x 78cm  ≈  30¾" x 30¾"

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Su Dong Po Reads Aloud Painting

Su Dong Po is featured here, relaxing in the Springtime.

The Chinese title is "Dong Pu Yin" which directly translated means "Su Dong Po Reads Aloud".

The other characters are part of a poem about enjoying the precious Springtime while you can, because you never know what the future holds. (kind of a secondary title)

If you want to know more about this person check out So Dong Po / Su Shi on Wikipedia. Note that he is also known as Su Shi (his family name is Su, but he has a few titles and nicknames.


About the artist...

The artist's name is ??? (Wang Wen-Hua) who lives in the Jinan area of Shandong Province in Northern China. He specializes in traditional figure paintings and subjects like this (especially Buddhism and philosophy-related themes).


About the Art

This was painted on Chinese xuan paper (often incorrectly called "rice paper"). The artist used watercolors throughout.

After buying this from the artist in Jinan, I rolled it up in a tube, and put it in my backpack. I then took the 5-hour-train ride back to our workshop in Beijing. At the workshop, it was laminated to more sheets of xuan paper and a silk border was added by our skilled craftsmen. See more about mounting Asian art