Taro Artwork - European Birds Volume I Set:B Peter Rabbit™ and his companions

Peter Rabbit™ and his companions frolic amongst lush botanicals and blooming flora

These mixed-media paintings on board-mounted canvas employ layered pigment washes over gesso grounds

while hand-painted metallic gold details add a subtle

hand-painted brushstrokes capture the fleeting beauty of these blossoms

We’re particularly fond of a distinctive porcelain movement that flourished in Vallauris

Taro Artwork - European Birds Volume I Set:B Peter Rabbit™ and his companionsThis series of original bird paintings presented in gilded bamboo frames is our homage to the great Giuseppe Castiglione. Castiglione pioneered the fusion of European and Chinese traditions, a theme very close to our hearts here at Fromental. Having acquired around 400 coloured prints of European birds created from works painted by French ornithological artists in the 1950s, we selected our favourites to be interpreted by our own skilled artists. Hand