Matilija Poppy by Mary Vaux Walcott Size:M - 50 x 70cm this work rewards close attention

this work rewards close attention — every brushstroke boundary and colour transition rendered with sharpness and clarity that honours Saxena's precise

the hairline detail of every frond and annotation is reproduced with complete clarity

Working in early 20th-century Berlin

the painting vibrating with the same restless energy that defined his short

Matilija Poppy by Mary Vaux Walcott Size:M - 50 x 70cm this work rewards close attentionThe Matilija Poppy is one of California's most dramatic wildflowers, and Mary Vaux Walcott captures it with the combination of scientific exactitude and painterly warmth that made her the foremost botanical illustrator of her era. Large, tissue thin petals float around a dense golden centre, rendered in watercolour with a lightness of touch that makes the bloom appear freshly picked. The composition is spare yet alive, the white background giving the