Ink paintings, also called wash paintings, have a particular delicacy and beauty which comes partly from the elegance and form of the lines that are to be found in the work. The medium appeared in China during the first millennium, and has continued to grow and develop since then, inspiring well-known artists such as Georgia O’Keeffe in recent times. Ink painting requires great skill and control, as a line, once added, cannot be erased. Moreover, experience is necessary to determine the kinds of brushes that are most appropriate for a given subject or image. Often, great thought will go into the placing of a single line, for the traditional philosophical approach associated with the medium promotes the attempt not just to achieve an accurate representation of an object, but rather to capture the essence of its being in the work. View our ink paintings for sale to discover that the brilliance of this concept and the skill required to achieve it continues to this day.