Cyclamen by Julie de Graag Illustration-Japanese Sekka understood that abstraction and

Sekka understood that abstraction and ornamentation are not opposites

The composition centres on a woman in profile — soft features

while Doudine's characteristic attention to facial expression gives the image genuine emotional depth

a restrained earthy palette

slightly heightened

Cyclamen by Julie de Graag Illustration-Japanese Sekka understood that abstraction andCyclamen 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