Love of Asian
Botanical Paintings
I have a love for Asian botanical paintings. I’ve been
seeking them out for a long time. I have many in my
collection and love each and every one of them.
The first Asian botanical painting that I bought was
Vietnamese. It was one of a series of twelve paintings
that I bought that were created by Vu Viet Hung. I have
them all over my home.
These oil landscapes by Vu Viet Hung are stunning.
These Asian botanical paintings really set a serene tone in my
home. The subtleties of the colors and the simple themes
go so well on my walls.
I found a lovely Asian botanical painting quite by chance at
a yard sale. I don’t usually make a habit of looking for
paintings at yard sales, but this one was displayed out front
and enticed me to stop. At first glance, I thought I was
looking at a painting of a palm tree. At closer
inspection, I found that the painting was of a bonsai tree.
My office has a more contemporary feel than the rest of my
house. I have found that I like to have an abstract Asian
botanical painting to ponder while I am thinking. I
searched for a long time to find just the right piece to hang
there. I finally found a piece by an artist named Soniei
called Enlightenment.
Soniei has a collection called the New Zen Sho
Collection. I love his work. The abstract that I
bought is considered an Asian botanical painting because it
features bamboo. In addition to the bamboo, there is
beautiful calligraphy.
I have my eye on another Asian botanical painting by Soniei
that has shades of sea-foam green. It is much more
subdued than the one I bought called Enlightenment. This
one is called Self-awareness and it is just lovely. It is
another painting of bamboo.
My mother-in-law admires the Asian botanical paintings that
I find. I found one that I really liked at a gallery in
Hartford while I was on vacation. It did not fit with my
home and so I bought it for her. She has really enjoyed
it. It features two flowering trees in acrylic on two
panels. The painting really is stunning with all of the
shades of red. It looks great in her house.
My husband isn’t as big a fan of Asian botanical paintings
as I am. They just don’t speak to him. He has
allowed me to hang one painting in his office because he
approved of the color scheme. The Asian botanical
painting he chose for me to hang for him was a black and
white.
Our daughter loves watercolor Asian botanical paintings on
fabric. She keeps her eye out for advertisements in our
local paper for people selling them. She has already
purchased three. She is well on her way to her own
collection.
Bamboo is the most popular subject in Asian botanical
paintings. I have found so many paintings in so many
different mediums that all feature bamboo. I catch myself
buying so many paintings that I’ve started giving them as gifts
for friends and family for house warming gifts.
My sister recently bought a condo and I gave her an Asian
botanical painting of happy birds and bamboo. She liked
the watercolor and asked me to find her two more to hang
throughout her home. I was able to find several more at
the same shop that were created by the same artist.
The other Asian botanical paintings were of snow bamboo in
moonlight and green bamboo. I’ll keep checking back at
that store for new paintings. She said that she could
probably use one or two more.
I am planning to redecorate my kitchen. I do not like
the French Country décor that the previous owner chose. I
would prefer that my kitchen reflect my personality
better. I will absolutely need an Asian botanical
painting hung prominently in my kitchen.
I have the perfect Asian botanical painting in mind
already. It is a nice Chinese painting that was done on
rice paper with ink, water and color. It is mounted with
nice silk border by an expert and is ready to frame.
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