an unsettling flower banquet: a woman in an ivory-and-cobalt embroidered gown stands beside a vermilion table. every oversized flower turns its eye-like center toward her; her shadow becomes a kneeling stranger holding a mask of her face. framing blossoms, layered guests, a monumental floral arch, vivid vermilion, cobalt, jade and ivory, ornate surreal illustration, clear focal hierarchy, by james jean