Elizabeth Brunner’s painting is an evocative depiction of the famous golden stupa in Yangon, Myanmar, flanked by its traditional Chinthe (lion-like guardian figures). The work captures the monumentality and protective aura of the sacred site.

Executed in oil on a coarse woven mat, the artwork utilises the mat’s visible texture to lend the scene an earthy, raw energy and spiritual quality. The style is characterised by expressive, visible brushstrokes and a vibrant palette, merging Hungarian-born Brunner’s European artistic sensibility with the Buddhist iconography she deeply embraced during her life in Asia.