Artist: Jiangang Su

Returning Wild Goose above Autumn River (秋水歸雁)

Chinese ink on silk. Silk mounted on paper
frame size: 89 x 104 cm
2019

Autumn water is as bright as the autumn sky, Willow leaves are not as light as a little boat. The golden horse in the jade hall is not my dream, and the moonlight and the reed flowers are drunk and awake together.

Painting by Jiangang Su at the south window of his Leaf Sweeping Studio in the early spring of 2022.

Seals: Su, Jianang’s Everlasting Joy, Ultimate Joy, Sudden Enlightenment, At the Foot of Yu Mountain

題畫詩: 秋水秋空一樣明，柳陰不系小舟輕。玉堂金馬非吾夢，月色蘆花同醉醒。

落款：壬寅初春, 琴川蘇健剛繪于埽葉山房南窗

鈐印：蘇, 健剛長樂, 至樂, 積思頓釋, 虞山之麓

Jiangang Su (born in 1974), graduated from Changshu Institute of Technology in Arts and Crafts. He specializes in traditional Chinese painting, calligraphy and seal carving. In the 1980s, he studied under Mr. Yan Gongda, a famous calligrapher and seal carver. Su is also an experienced art educator. His works are collected internationally and appear in the private collections of many art institutions and galleries. In 2017 he served as the Art Director of the Canada 150th Anniversary International Tea Festival. Su is a member of Jiangsu Calligraphers Association, the Suzhou Calligraphers Association, and is a senior registered Teacher of China.

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