Verdant Bamboo & Azure Stone: Serenity in Blush | Original Contemporary Chinese Oil Painting

A core signature work from WeicaGallery exclusive artist Zhouping LAI’s Scholar’s Rock series, this painting returns to the pure artistic conception of Eastern literati painting with the theme of "Pure Harmony of Bamboo and Stone". Adopting the artist’s signature gradient Morandi blush background—softly blending from pale pink to gentle lavender like the morning mist of late spring—the composition features a piece of ice-blue Taihu stone with high-relief texture. Rendered with thick impasto techniques, the stone’s classic characteristics of "thinness, wrinkling, holiness, and transparency" are brought to life with sculptural dimensionality. Light and shadow interplay within the intricate holes, and the ice-blue hues transition richly from pale cyan to cobalt, glowing like polished jade.

Two slender bamboo stalks stand tall beside the stone, with leaves outlined in delicate brushstrokes—vibrant green accented with warm yellow, fluttering gently in the breeze, exuding elegant movement. Free from redundant decoration, the graceful slenderness of the bamboo and the rugged solidity of the stone create a perfect balance of "strength and softness, reality and illusion", embodying the noble character of the Eastern literati: "bamboo’s resilience and humility, stone’s firmness and perseverance". Framed in a slim vintage dark coffee solid wood frame with a thin gold inner trim, the narrow border maximizes the artwork’s visual space, while the gold accents echo the warm tones in the bamboo leaves—exuding understated luxury and perfectly complementing the piece’s classical elegance and contemporary appeal.