Modern Stag Painting Monet Cool slate and ivory clouds

Cool slate and ivory clouds frame the warm ochre and chestnut of its fur

their grey rock faces catching the late afternoon sun

most overlooked corner of the home

their rounded leaves painted in fresh sage and olive

Modern Stag Painting Monet Cool slate and ivory cloudsThis striking mixed media portrait presents a stag head on, its broad antlers branching upward in graceful symmetry. The animal's face is rendered in painterly washes that shift from deep plum and burgundy through warm rust, the eyes calm and direct beneath a noble brow. Behind it, sketchy charcoal lines and pastel smudges of blush, sage and pale blue dissolve into an abstract backdrop, blurring the line between drawing and painting. The effect is at