Autumn Falls in the Mountains

Crimson-and-gold autumn groves answer a white cascade off high cliffs as cottages and a bridge follow the mountain’s bends, weaving a stream-and-mountain scene where clarity and misty vastness, motion and stillness, coexist.

An ink-and-color landscape: ink forms the armature, with touches of ochre, malachite green, vermilion, and pale yellow; textured strokes hew the cliffs, while wet brush and reserved paper turn into mist and spray. The composition descends from top to bottom as tiered waterfalls pierce the scroll, a bridge and hillside dwellings linked along the precipice, and far peaks softened in light ink. Crimson and gold autumn trees flicker among deep greens, setting quiet habitation against rushing water—at once crisp with chill and gently luminous.

Category

Ink · Landscape

Year

2002