The artwork titled “Woman with Moth,” created by Michael Sowa, is a surrealist genre painting. This piece exemplifies the surrealism art movement through its depiction of a fantastical and dream-like scenario.
In the artwork, a woman, dressed in a light-colored dress and a blue hat, stands on a sidewalk holding a book in one hand. She is illuminated by a streetlamp beside her, which casts soft light on her figure and the surrounding area. The woman is also holding a leash, at the end of which is an unusually large moth, calmly resting on the ground. The background is composed of dense greenery and a house partially obscured by the foliage. The overall composition exudes a sense of surreal and quiet mystery, typical of Sowa’s style and the surrealist movement.
