Dee Teller Sumie #17 - Zenith of An Era

 This scroll is a very detailed monochrome sumi painting of a pine branch. It was the 17th in a series of scrolls done for Dee Teller and her solo exhibition titled Asia Speaks. I really tried to keep this simple, but used the light green cloth (kireji) to help provide imagery of pine needles. I translated the Zenith in the title to be the Sunset, and so I used the orange/red and red lacquer jikusaki (wood ends on the bottom dowel) to try and reinforce that message. The scroll is quite small, but sometimes I think small turns out better in the end.

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	78	9.30
上一文字	Ue Ichimonji	11	1.31
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	59	7.04
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	117.5	14.02
柱	Pillars	18	2.15
下一文字	Shita Ichimonji	8	0.95
地	Chi	45.5	5.43
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	95	11.33
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	260	31.02