Bird Standing On A Lotus

A single blue-gray bird with a yellow eye and long red-orange bill perches on a dark, angular branch, its red feet gripping the wood. To the left a pink lotus flower with a green seed pod droops in bloom, while a green lotus seed pod hangs from a curving stem in the upper right; black calligraphy columns and two red seal stamps frame the composition against a plain cream background. Painted in ink and color washes with loose, gestural brushstrokes, the scene has a quiet, spare mood, consistent with the work's identification as *Bird Standing On A Lotus* by Yeh Lan, 2013, Chinese brush painting.