'Mandarin Cheeks' Original Painting
Watercolour, gold leaf on Paper
10"x14"
 
Her face emerges through a sea of petals; orange and blue peonies blooming like secrets around her. There’s a stillness in her gaze, a calm self-assurance that doesn’t ask to be seen, but cannot be ignored. The flowers feel both like a crown and a cocoon, holding her in a moment of becoming. This painting is about presence—how beauty can be bold and tender all at once, how we bloom even when we’re hidden.
 
10"x14" original watercolour painting. This painting comes framed.