Orchids — Fine Art

Orchids by Odilon Redon shows plant forms drawn with soft charcoal and pastel tones. The petals sit as open shapes against a quiet background.

Redon worked in the symbolist painting period of the late nineteenth century. This fine art print follows the light and the room. A light frame sits on a dark wall, or a dark frame on a pale wall.

The matte paper keeps the grey tones soft and avoids shine under a lamp. It fits a hallway wall near the staircase, where the vertical forms read from below. You see the line of each stem as you walk past.