Betelgeuse - Alice Ruja

A woman bows her head with closed eyes, her face painted in deep green and teal shadow while golden, glitter-flecked hair streams around her. High to the right a star burns with a red-orange core and long yellow rays. Pale lilac and pink washes, fine gold filigree and a beaded pink-and-blue collar fill the rest, and her green hands are clasped below.

Created by Romanian visual artist Alice Ruja, whose graphic techniques turn inner experience into expressionistic imagery. The title names Betelgeuse, the red giant on the shoulder of Orion, read here as a visual echo of Eminescu's Luceafărul, the evening star. Available as a poster or fine art canvas print in multiple sizes.