Lady with Butterfly Painting Frame:Linen white while the purple rows lead

while the purple rows lead the eye down a sandy path toward distant golden hills

There is something of a slow afternoon walk here

charging the whole composition with raw momentum

their golden-amber centres and slender stamens picked out crisply against the deeper reds of opening buds and reddish young leaves

Its glowing blues

Lady with Butterfly Painting Frame:Linen white while the purple rows leadA young woman's face emerges from a dense tangle of dark foliage, her calm gaze meeting the viewer through a veil of leaves. Vivid yellow butterflies settle around her brow and shoulders, their wings edged in black bringing flickers of light to the shadowed greenery. Small wildflowers and curling vines weave through her hair, blurring the line between portrait and forest. The painterly, almost dreamlike treatment lends the image a sense of mystery,