Drowned

A young woman blindfolded with a black cloth stands in a pale, lace-patterned gown, one hand raised toward her own throat. A green-skinned figure stands close behind her, dark hair mingling with hers, one hand resting on her chest and the other around her waist. Dark reed or bamboo stalks frame both figures against a warm ochre ground.

Warm amber and ochre fill the background while the two figures are modeled in cool sage, slate and pale cream, the greenish cast of the embracing figure reading as spectral rather than living. Fluid, blended brushwork softens all edges, and the woman's sightless calm against the other's shadowed presence gives the scene a quiet, unsettling tenderness.