Dream grass

A woman with dark hair pulled back leans toward a small jar of wildflowers - dandelion, violet and dark anemone - held up by a boy in a blue jumper beside her; both look down at the blossoms amid large green leaves spread across a white tablecloth. On the cloth a dark starling stands near the jar and a red butterfly rests further down, while a spray of yellow mimosa fills the upper corner.

Cool lavenders in the woman's blouse and the flowers play against a warm ochre background and golden mimosa, the white cloth catching soft, even light. Forms are smoothed and simplified with careful, quiet modeling of the faces, and the close gathering of figures, flowers and creatures gives the picture a calm, dreamlike hush.