Horse in white / Perdjie in wit

A cream-coloured horse rendered in profile occupies the centre of the composition, its form simplified and almost sculptural. Atop the horse’s back sits a large orange poppy in full bloom, accompanied by a delicate orange butterfly—both rendered with meticulous botanical precision. The spare, light background emphasises the subjects’ forms. Heyns demonstrates his characteristic mastery of oil on board, allowing the medium itself to converse intimately with his vision of flowers as symbols of life’s cycles.