No. 08 · Egypt, Myth & the Sacred
The Lyre and the Panther
A slender woman in a pale gown plays a golden lyre while a black panther stretches across the shadows behind her, its eyes fixed and calm. A great amber sun glows over her shoulder. The palette of bronze, smoke and ivory recalls ancient murals, yet the mood is intimate and modern. Music and wildness share the same breath here: beauty that tames, and beauty that is never fully tamed.
Original · one of one · never reproduced. Oil and acrylic, by Egyptian artist Nourhan Salama.