Untitled (Four Gentlemen; orchid chrysanthemum plum blossom bamboo)

Credit line: Collection of SMU

Inscription on top-left:

挥毫落纸墨痕新，几点梅花最可人。 愿借春风吹得远，家家门巷尽成春。

The plum blossoms become brilliant and lively on the painting paper. Hope the breeze brings them to the neighborhood, overflowing with a prosperous spring.

Inscription on bottom-left:

烟开兰叶香风暖。

Spring breeze clears away the smog and brings the aroma of orchids.

Inscription on top-right:

四时风雨得清音。

(Bamboo leaves) ring peacefully in the wind and rain of four seasons.

Inscription on bottom-right:

菊华烂漫艳秋光。

Chrysanthemum flowers brighten up in full bloom when autumn comes.

Signed:

禄在于妙在轩

Lin Lu Zai at Miao Zai Xuan Art Gallery

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Lin Lu Zai (b. 1963) is an award-winning China-born artist who graduated from the Arts and Technical College in China's Fujian Province in 1981. He is an accomplished Chinese brush painter. Lin migrated to Singapore in the 1990s. He won numerous art awards, held numerous solo and joint exhibitions in China and Singapore, and published numerous publications. Today, he continues to share his passion for Chinese ink painting by teaching at his gallery and in schools, clubs and associations.