Rosebush

A boy and a girl look out through the shutters of an open window, the boy holding a slender brush, the girl in a white headscarf holding a paper. Between them a jagged, stained-glass-like wall glows in blue, gold and red. A basket of roses and a silver goblet sit on the sill, and a thick wreath of roses encircles the window, with colorful birds, a unicorn and a white tiger-like cat among the flowers.

Rich earth tones, gold, crimson and deep green are built up with thick, textured paint that catches light like enamel or mosaic tesserae. Flattened, symmetrical composition and glowing color give the scene a decorative, fairy-tale mood, part icon, part storybook illustration.