In the Weeds

A close-up view of thistle plants with spiny, jagged leaves in bright yellow-green, topped by spiky purple-and-green thistle flower heads and one dark, unopened bud. Behind them, layered silhouettes of tall grasses and seed-topped stalks in darker green recede toward a pale yellow sky with a soft white circular form (sun or moon) in the upper left. *In the Weeds*, painted by Asako Iwasawa in 2019 in acrylic on canvas, renders the scene in flat, saturated color blocks with crisp graphic outlines rather than painterly blending.