Crayfish sounds like the word laugh in mandarin, so it symbolizes happiness and joy. Sometimes its auspiciousness also represents good fortune and long life.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/crayfish-in-river-no-cally-birgit-moldenhauer.html

https://www.pictorem.com/660342/Crayfish%20in%20Water.html

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Chinese Bird in Autumn is painted in traditional Chinese free style Xie Yi with Chinese water color on rice paper.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/chinese-bird-in-autumn-birgit-moldenhauer.html

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#Painting #Kunst

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Chinese mountain and water painting (in Chinese called shan shui, shan = mountain, shui=water) forms its own artistic tradition and system. Through mountain and water paintings, people can taste both artistic conception and the artistic style of Chinese paintings well.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/river-view-birgit-moldenhauer.html

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#Painting #Kunst

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Just a little painting ☺️

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/little-plum-blossom-twig-bw-birgit-moldenhauer.html

https://www.pictorem.com/722558/Little%20Plum%20Blossom%20Twig%20-%20no%20Cally.html

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#CherryBlossom

In China, fish and jade are homonymic words (all sound "yu"), so fish represents affluence and abundance.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/three-little-fish-birgit-moldenhauer.html

https://www.pictorem.com/676825/Three%20Little%20Fish%20-%20no%20Cally.html

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My favorites together: plum blossom and bamboo!

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/white-plum-blossom-with-bamboo-birgit-moldenhauer.html

https://www.pictorem.com/254921/White%20Plum%20Blossom%20With%20Bamboo.html

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#Chinese
#Art
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#ChinesePainting
#AYearForArt
#BrushPainting
#ChineseArt
#Ink
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#BuyIntoArt
#JapaneseArt
#Asia
#InkPainting
#Kunst
#ArtMatters
#Plumblossom
#CherryBlossom

Most of my bamboo paintings are in black and white. I love this very traditional Chinese art of painting with ink only.

https://pixels.com/featured/bamboo-silence-bw-no-cally-birgit-moldenhauer.html

https://www.zazzle.com/store/moldenhauer_art

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Bamboo has been an important and meaningful subject for painting during many periods in Chinese history.

I just love to paint bamboo!

https://pixels.com/featured/bamboo-chinese-art-two-bw-no-cally-birgit-moldenhauer.html

https://www.pictorem.com/630538/Bamboo%20Chinese%20Art%20%20-%20two%20%20-%20bw%20-%20no%20Cally.html

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Plum Blossom and Full Moon

(I saved this to disk in 2011 in a folder called “Zen" and I can't find any reference to it now. Image search has gone to hell. No attribution…)

#OldMasters #BrushPainting

chinese ink painting

https://chinaarthub.com/product/chinese-ink-painting-art-poster/

Chinese ink painting is a traditional art form that uses brush and ink to create expressive, nature-inspired artwork. This technique emphasizes fluid brushstrokes, delicate balance, and profound symbolism. It captures the beauty of landscapes, animals, and flowers, reflecting the harmony between nature and the artist's inner world.

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