Butterfly and Moth In Garden by Karin Lauria Something New - Gallery Walls This is botanical illustration pulled

This is botanical illustration pulled out of the field guide and into a modern visual conversation

simplified compositions gave the Rinpa school its name

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Gold washes over an imagined city

The matte surface holds fine edge detail throughout

Butterfly and Moth In Garden by Karin Lauria Something New - Gallery Walls This is botanical illustration pulledButterfly and Moth in Garden is a portrait format work by Massachusetts based artist Karin Lauria, pairing two winged subjects in the kind of garden scene only Lauria could conjure: loose, vibrant, and unself consciously joyful. A butterfly and moth share the composition in expressive organic form, surrounded by gestural botanical elements rendered in bold, layered colour. Lauria's signature approach painting with the freedom and honesty of a child