Cyclamen by Julie de Graag Size:M - 50 x 70cm The muted background throws the

The muted background throws the animal's rounded mass into quiet relief

reduced colour palette

the composition arranges curved and angular forms across a carefully structured ground

almost musical logic — each arrangement building quietly on the last

Cyclamen by Julie de Graag Size:M - 50 x 70cm The muted background throws theCyclamen captures de Graag's singular ability to translate delicate botanical forms into bold graphic language. The swept back petals of the cyclamen flowers a distinctive reflexed shape found nowhere else in the plant world are rendered with engraved lines that convey both fragility and tension. The mottled, heart shaped leaves beneath add tonal contrast, their variegated surfaces cross hatched to suggest depth. The composition balances botanical