Okame Artwork - Branches In The Breeze Set:Triptych Artwork Dimensions: 16 (w) x

Artwork Dimensions: 16 (w) x 16 (h) cm

Having acquired around 400 coloured prints of European birds created from works painted by French ornithological artists in the 1950s

Nonsuch is an effortlessly romantic chinoiserie

with birds perching among blossoming branches

Castiglione pioneered the fusion of European and Chinese traditions

Okame Artwork - Branches In The Breeze Set:Triptych Artwork Dimensions: 16 (w) xThe cherry blossom has been favoured among artists for centuries, for its natural grace and symbolic value. Each spring the cherry blossom tree returns to life; it is reborn. The gestural, hand painted brushstrokes capture the fleeting beauty of these blossoms, against the elegant lustre of a silk ground. Branches gently sway in the wind with the odd blossom fluttering off a branch, evoking the feeling a gentle breeze on a balmy spring, says Sophie