Monochromatic orchids

Original Chinese Brush Painting by Ilana Shechter.
This artwork is a spontaneous style of Chinese Ink Painting.

The orchid, together with the plum blossom, chrysanthemum, and bamboo, have been regarded as the four symbols of noble characters by Chinese scholars since ancient times. Orchid, in particular, has many meanings.

The beauty and grace of the orchids are fragile in form, with no violent tendencies. They are highly valued for their delicate fragrance and are always associated with elegance.

Various literary and philosophical works attributed virtues to the orchid, such as friendship, loyalty, and patriotism. Because of these associations, members of the scholar-official class came to identify strongly with the flower.

In this drawing, we see the clean and graphic lines of the leaves. The delicate shades of the ink in the flower petals are complimented them.

The painting has two red Traditional Chinese seals, one of them means "Happy" the other is a seal with the artist's name.

This painting was hand-painted, using Traditional Chinese tools and materials: Chinese Black Ink and Chinese mineral paints on special rice Xuan paper.
Size: 69 х 34.5 cm, 27.2 x 13.6 inches (unframed).
This artwork is sold unframed.

Recommended hanging on the wall in a white or black frame with passe-partout.
Colors of the original art may slightly vary from the display on computer monitors/mobile screens due to different screen resolution/ settings.

The artwork comes with the Certificate of Authenticity.
The painting will be shipped to you professionally packed in a tube with highly protective packaging material.

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