White Stag and Sun Tapestry

There is no Christmas tree in this Christmas piece. Instead, an ivory stag stands in profile against a deep red sun mandala, antlers branching upward into bare twigs, body rendered in a stylized pebble pattern that looks closer to a tarot card than a holiday illustration.

Forest green negative space surrounds the figure. The corners are weighted with ornate gold and red filigree medallions, and slim cypress shapes flank the deer like temple columns. The whole composition reads like an art-nouveau folk panel — symmetrical, decorative, calmly mythic.

This one rewards a slow, methodical approach. The pebbled coat alone is hours of small adjacent shapes, and the medallion corners are dense with their own micro-patterning. Built for colorists who like ornament over scene.