Very beautiful picture. The concept of death is very nicely portrayed as a sad thing with the use of a skeleton playing a violin while a boy nearby cries. The whole atmosphere of this image is somewhat fantasy like, almost like a dream with the floating bits in the air. The directional lighting is accurate, while helps to create a more real feeling to this image. The roses are painted beautifully. I like the contrast in color between the roses and the color in the background which is consistent throughout the rest of the image. Also when I full viewed it the roses came to life even more.

At first glance the picture seems to be just a simple quickly done piece, only after you enlarge the picture do you see the true art. The picture really reflects its purpose in the song. There are no blank parts of the picture and yet it doesn't look over crowded, the roses in the foreground and the light near the top only add to the breath taking but subtle complexity of the picture whilst containg massive amounts of fine detail, the expression on the childs face is well done, showing both saddness and fear. The picture in its entirety seems amazingly realistic from the vines through to the fiddle which leaves you expectant of more and it manages to give you this everytime you take a look at a different part of the picture. All round 5 stars