The four Rosehaven students in academy uniform against cherry blossom, sea and palace stone: Ariette leaping at centre in pink-and-blue hair, Nyx with glasses and a book, Helia golden and calm, Sylvara silver and still.

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Ariette & the Academy of Stars

The quartet

Artist: Matthew · word-painter
Subject: Ariette · Nyx · Helia · Sylvara
Medium: Digital painting
Year: 2026
Hung: 26 August 2026
Accession: MG.2026.004

See Ariette in the archive See Nyx in the archive See Helia in the archive See Sylvara in the archive

Wall text

Hung 26 August 2026, same walnut as Harbour Knit, fourth hook. The title is on the sky in gold: Ariette & the Academy of Stars. She is the one off the stone — navy blazer, plaid skirt, pastel hair in two colours, both arms out as if the first bell were a dare. Nyx keeps the book and the glasses. Helia keeps the courtyard calm. Sylvara keeps still, which is how she ends up in the picture anyway. Cherry blossom, Larkspur Bay, Rosehaven’s high stone behind them. The uniforms match. The temperaments do not. Accession MG.2026.004. Last onto the carriage, never actually late.