Kochō
“It landed on the tip of her finger, and she stopped moving. That is all I wanted to paint: the second when you hold your breath so as not to frighten som…
€800 — Popsan
“It landed on the tip of her finger, and she stopped moving. That is all I wanted to paint: the second when you hold your breath so as not to frighten something away. The butterfly lights everything. Its wings are almost transparent, veined with pale gold, and the brightness they give off settles on the raised hand, on the cheek, on the corner of the smiling lips. The background here is not black: a golden brown, warmer around the wings, as if the glow had tinted the air about them. The slate-blue kimono stays in the background, with its flowering branches embroidered in silver and copper. Lower down, her other hand pinches the edge of the kimono between her fingers, as if to stop herself f…
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