Art Nouveau: Virginia Sterrett - "Blondine and the tortoise"

This illustration is part of the book Blondine, the Pretty Doe and the Gallant Cat, cold colors abound in the composition, turning from dark blue to light in certain areas, complementing with green olives to focus the look on the hot spots that stand out as it is the beautiful young woman mounted on top of the turtle and the lovely red plants that are born from the gloom that resembles the ground, on which small ovals rest that confers the sensation of bright stars like some small flowers that appear in certain areas. The composition invades with a triangular visual tour the viewer's gaze, built through the elements that are in the lower area to sharpen in the large blue trunk that spirals up behind the girl, sharing her same conformation with those they are perpetuated by their side, among them large trunks that enclose the main characters. The texture would be the predominant element in this beautiful work, due to the delicacy with which she treated the fractal found in the bushes of the background that are complemented with the texture of the tortoise flaky skin, which turns his head back listening or talking to the beautiful young woman with long blond hair and peach-colored dress.