Kingfisher in Flight: Grace Over the Lotus | Original Flower & Bird Oil Painting

A treasured piece from WeicaGallery exclusive artist Guilan LAI’s flower-and-bird series, this work shares the classic circular fan composition but embodies "vitality in motion", capturing a kingfisher mid-flight as it glides past a lotus bloom. In contrast to the stillness of a perched bird, this painting brims with life: the kingfisher spreads its wings wide, its iridescent blue-green feathers and sharp red beak rendered with lifelike detail, moving with lightness and grace. Below, a pure white lotus flower blooms fully, its delicate petal veins and pale yellow stamen clearly defined, while translucent blue-green lotus leaves overlap gently against a soft Morandi pink background—creating a harmonious balance of cool and warm tones that is soothing and refined.

Blending exquisite fine brushwork with freehand wash techniques, the artist masterfully captures the intricate texture of the kingfisher’s feathers and the flowing form of the lotus leaves with bold, expressive strokes. Framed in a vintage gray wood grain solid wood frame with off-white double matting and a champagne gold inner trim, the square frame encases the circular artwork, perfectly embodying the Eastern aesthetic of "heaven is round, earth is square". This piece is a particularly dynamic masterpiece in Guilan LAI’s lotus series.