Unique Jewelry Box Mahogany, Oak or Ebony - Jo-An Frances Original Design

Organize and protect your precious possessions.  Your treasures will sparkle in this beautifully-crafted jewelry box. The soft felt-lined jewelry box will keep your belongings safe while adding some character to your dressing table. Makes for an ideal gift.

Original Art Sumi-e, Chinese Style Oriental Brush Painting by Jo-An Frances

• • High-Quality Genuine Wood
• • Glossy Ceramic Insert
• • Available in Three Colors: Ebony Black, Golden Oak & Red Mahogany
• • Soft Felt Interior
• • Box Specs: 5.5”(W) x 5.5”(L) x 2.25”(H) x 1.5”(D)
• • Insert Specs: 4.25” x 4.25”
• • Shipped in Fitted Box With Protective Foam Wrap

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In 1985 in Beijing, China I was fortunate to find an English-speaking driver who took me to an eight-story building filled with practitioners of the ancient art of oriental brush painting. Something about the formalization and symbolism or the art, the involvement of the artist's whole being in the creation of a work, appealed to me more than any other area of art ever had. 

Upon return to the USA I signed up for a course in oriental brush painting and low and behold, I just picked up the brush and produced a painting, first try.  The paradox is that the structure of the medium freed me.

Unlike other art forms, oriental brush painting is not simply making pictures.  It's an entire process that involves preparing oneself physically and emotionally for the artistic undertaking.