The Adventures of a Mouse-Flower No. 5 Briana Hertzog letting the piece tell me

letting the piece tell me what it wants and when it is time to stop

and they reward a second or third look with details that can be easy to miss

feeling beings living in our urban midst

Then there are the things that stand out in sharp relief against the hazy background

The Adventures of a Mouse-Flower No. 5 Briana Hertzog letting the piece tell meArtwork Info Oil on canvas 9 6 in. 12 9. 5 in. framed Framing included 2025 Vcu (Valry Quitard) is a self taught French painter known for his meticulously rendered oil paintings blending trompe loeil realism with surreal animal portraiture. Influenced by historical iconography, popular culture, and baroque aesthetics, his work creates poetic, nostalgic worlds inhabited by animals in period dress. His paintings balance technical precision with