Botanical Watercolor With Mushrooms And Yellow Flowers

Botanical watercolor depicting a composition of wild mushrooms and woodland flowers, signed and dated "L. Searle 90" lower left.

The artist deploys here a delicate naturalistic study blending different varieties of mushrooms in brown and gray tones, enhanced by mauve and yellow flowers bringing a luminous note to the whole. The composition, set in an elegant oval format, is distinguished by the finesse of the line, the subtlety of the transparencies and the great sensitivity in the rendering of plant textures.

Inspired by the botanical plates and nature studies of the 19th century, this work exudes a particularly decorative, poetic, country atmosphere. The sober passe-partout highlights the softness of the palette and the balance of the composition.

Technique: watercolor on paper
Signature: signed and dated "L. Searle 90"
Era: circa 1990
Presentation: under glass with oval passe-partout