Flower-and-bird painting is one of three major genres of Chinese painting, alongside landscape and figure painting. Wang Caiping (?–1893), “To Longevity,” round fan mounted as album leaf ...

Flower-and-bird painting is peculiar to China. Flowers and birds can be associated with almost all thoughts and feelings of a human being. They can symbolize feminine beauty, virtue, political ...

While bird feeders are great, a more natural approach to attracting birds to your landscape would be found ... with bees in the spring when the holly flowers bloom. In addition to hollies ...

Tian is a respected figure who gave new life to the bird-and-flower painting. His innovation lent ... in an environment full of beautiful natural scenery, vivid rural life and a mild climate ...

And, for some, the charm of Gettysburg is the scenery and abundant fauna and flora, especially the many varieties of colorful flowers that dot the almost 4,000 acres and the birds that inhabit the ...

Shea Hembrey, who just completed an artist fellowship at the University of Iowa, creates “landscape paintings” using colorful soil supplements to plant trees and promote native bird conservation.

If you want to attract more morning visitors, these four flowers are the best choice for creating a vibrant and colorful oasis for birds. Michael Clarke landscape architect, horticulturalist ...