The notion of innocence refers to a child’s simplicity, its lack of knowledge, and its purity, not yet spoiled by biases, prejudices, hatred and mundane affairs. Such innocence is taken as the promise of a renewal of the world by the children, as the true Utopia.
Aikaterina was 4 years old when she painted this watercolour of a girl attempting to pick a flower that has captivated her, by its beauty, further enhanced by the sunlight and a rainbow displaying its flamboyant colours. A novice, with natural talent; the brushstrokes portray same. The next Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun or Rosa Bonheur!