Rain over Xiaoxiang

Artist: Haonan Yuan
Original title: 《潇湘雨》
Medium: Xuan paper
Size: 45cm *30cm
Year: 2024

Framed in profile, this figure is calibrated to classical ideals of proportion, set against landscape allusions to Mi Youren’s Xiaoxiang Wonderous View. Misty ink washes dissolve boundaries between figure and mountain, while the fine-line heritage of Li Gonglin informs the portraiture—realist yet expressive. Restrained and ethereal brushwork channels the ancient poetic spirit of Xiaoxiang, balancing formal control with literati reverie, and conjuring a quiet, refined, timeless Eastern vision.