Under the Surface Jellyfish by Julia Charlott Ishida Yūtei imagined forest – with its

imagined forest – with its flat

Painted in Arles in the late 1880s

The palette is rich but harmonious

while the vertical format focuses attention entirely on the central figure

nuanced colour washes

Under the Surface Jellyfish by Julia Charlott Ishida Yūtei imagined forest – with itsUnder the Surface draws the viewer beneath the waterline and holds them there. Charlott constructs a deeply immersive underwater world cool and pressurised, suffused with refracted light that catches the bell and tentacles of her jellyfish from unexpected angles. The colour palette spans deep aquamarine to pale, almost white luminescence at the creature's centre, creating a strong sense of depth and three dimensionality. The composition feels quietly