Untitled 1 (Lotus Pond Circle)

Within a deep, circular field that reads like a moonlit pool, lotus blossoms and broad leaves unfurl in saturated waves of magenta, jade, and cobalt, their velvety gradients giving the scene a ceremonious, almost textile richness. A radiant yellow bloom anchors the composition as a quiet sun, while two small birds—one poised in crisp black and white, the other a warm ember—introduce a fleeting, attentive presence that turns ornament into narrative. The surrounding gold ground, patterned with repeating lotus silhouettes, frames the central sanctuary as both icon and threshold, suggesting nature not as wilderness but as a cultivated refuge where stillness becomes luminous and time briefly suspends.