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The river turns red in autumn, and a small boat carries the wanderers across the river.

Looking up at the clouds, the fairy is the wind god.

This album of "Random Thoughts" is a playful work by Shen Zhou to kill time. There are a total of twelve pages, three of which are flowers and birds, including apricot blossoms, a dead tree with two crows, and lotus. Nine of them are landscapes, including Autumn River Looking at Clouds, Sitting Alone, Looking at the Cliff, Crossing the Bridge, Fishing Alone, Watching the Waterfall, and Snow Travel.

Dead Tree Crows

The flowers in the painting are smudged with boneless ink, and the colors are elegant. The landscapes and trees are painted with simple, vigorous and moist brushstrokes, mostly with light ink, and some also pay attention to using thick ink to highlight, which is a typical painting style of Shen Zhou in his later years.

Apricot Blossom

The flower and bird album features apricot blossoms, hibiscus, and a pair of crows. The apricot blossoms symbolize spring and vitality, as if recalling the past years. The hibiscus symbolizes elegance and wealth, and has a beautiful meaning. The dead tree and the two crows highlight the bleak and desolate mood of autumn.

Autumn River Looking at Clouds

The landscape album depicts the painter's usual quiet and elegant life: gazing at the clouds on the autumn river, sitting alone in a secluded valley, gazing at the waterfall on the cliff, fishing alone in a mountain pavilion... In the bleak and refreshing autumn scenery, lying on the floating boat, feeling the vicissitudes of life, the painter's elegant and leisurely life is brought to life on paper with just a few strokes.

Hibiscus

Sitting Alone

Crossing the Bridge

Cliff View

Fishing alone

Fishing alone

Waterfall Viewing

Fishing alone

Snow Tour