Cyclamen by Julie de Graag Illustration-Japanese The composition centres on a

The composition centres on a woman in profile — soft features

Sekka understood that abstraction and ornamentation are not opposites

slightly heightened

preserving every ornamental detail

Cyclamen by Julie de Graag Illustration-Japanese The composition centres on aCyclamen 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