Lotus pond. Painting

Lotus pond with flowers and dragonflies, Painted with ink on handmade Japanese kozo paper. The paper has a natural off-white colour and decked edges. Both lotus flowers and dragonflies have a very rich historical and cultural background. Lotus flowers are viewed as symbols of purity, strength, resilience, and rebirth. They grow through the muddy waters, rise and float above them as beautiful, unstained flowers. Every night, they close up in the murky waters and open up with the dusk. In Buddhism, lotus symbolises the highest spiritual attainment. Dragonfly motives have been used by samurai for centuries. The beautiful "tombo" (dragonfly in Japanese) symbolise agility, determinedness and victory for samurai. In modern Japan, dragonfly patterns and images are seen on everyday items, they are seen as protectors of children, symbols of happiness and joy. In art, dragonflies are often pictured as natural inhabitants of ponds and gardens. The painting is signed, sealed with my personal seal, wet-mounted on another sheet of backing rice paper and ready to be framed or mounted on a silk scroll. Please use acid-free adhesives when framing. The painting is manually cut, please leave a few mm error margin for dimensions. Colours may differ due to differences in devices.