Chinese arts paper mounted on card original work
Inscription reads fragrance from white jade written by Pan Yan
Flowering white magnolia contrasting musa basjoo
Early in welcome to the warmth of the coming spring the bright full flower of a well established branch of magnolia springs open to bask in the rays of new light followed closely in step by a blossom of verdant white floral buds and chorus of shooting leaves in this beautiful tropical scene.
Of delicate colouring the elegant petals of magnolia trace elegant contour around the bright stamen of the flower cores. The newer buds of blossom are evident against the rich dark colouring of the magnolia branch and accompany to the dark forms of closed leaf bud huddled closely against it’s surface waiting a little longer for the encouragement of new warmth before opening.
The proud and healthy magnolia tree branch is contrasted against the giant leaves of a much cherished South Asian Musa Basjoo or Japanese banana tree frond setting the scene to a place of distant warm tropical paradise.
With a spring bloom appearing before the budding of leaves magnolia is an ancient species of flowering plant preceding the evolution of bees and an early example of pollinating plant, it’s extant and genus are both wide and deep gifting the worlds forests with beautiful sweet fragrant scents and stunning displays of flower since long before many flowering plants.
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Painted upon a square of yellow tinted arts paper which carries a notable fibre evident in photo this painting is mounted upon a square of heavier off white card giving a classic feeling to the work.
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