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Babochka

Alexey
Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
80 × 130 cm
Year
2024

A large yellow moth with red-ringed eyespots and long curling tails is shown symmetrically spread against a flat green background.

Style
Decorative
Mood
Vibrant
Themes
Animal · Nature
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About this work

A single moth fills the canvas frontally, wings spread in mirror symmetry, with four round eyespots in orange, purple, and black near each wing tip. Feathered antennae rise from the head, and two long, ribbon-like tails twist downward from the hindwings. The insect sits flat against a plain, unbroken green ground with no other elements in the picture.

Color is applied in smooth, flat fields - bright yellow wings, wavy pink-brown border markings, and dark-rimmed eyespots - giving the image the clarity of a scientific illustration rather than a painterly study. The yellow-green contrast and exact symmetry produce a bold, graphic effect. The isolation of the single specimen against an empty ground creates a calm, contemplative focus on pattern.

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