The details of O' filia's creation

Miles has always paid attention to the details that come directly from the original nature. The flowers in his works are very realistic and individual, which is different from the flowers that are always presented when introducing flowers. It is often to identify the varieties of flowers. He presented withered leaves like blooming flowers.

John Gore Myers, the son of Myers, wrote that the flowers painted by his father were so lifelike that a botany professor took a class of students to see the flowers in O 'filia because they were as educational as nature itself. Miles was seen observing the branches he painted with a high-powered telescope in order to study the texture of the leaves. Maybe he painted Ophelia the same way. Ophelia's character is also closely observed, because Miles found a real model to pose for him, and Ophelia's image is very similar to Elizabeth Kildal herself. 1839 invented photography, 12 years Myers painted Ophelia, but photography at that time was far from clear. This photo taken by Julian Margaret Cameron has a brown and blurred edge. In Rossetti's Blessed beatrix, the effect of blurred background is thought to be inspired by Cameron's photography. Her soft-focus portrait was in turn inspired by the poetic nature in Rossetti's oil paintings.

Miles's detail in O 'filia is far beyond what photography can achieve today, and he also shows nature in a unique way. Nowadays, photography can show as many details as O 'filia, so some painters prefer to find other ways to express themselves and the world around them, rather than drawing realistic oil paintings that show details.