Eugenia's portrait

A young woman with reddish-brown hair sits on a low bench, one arm crossed over the other in her lap, holding a piece of orange-fleshed fruit sliced open in one hand. She wears a loose dark top, a blue skirt, mismatched grey and blue sneakers, and thigh-high mustard-yellow socks that dominate the lower half of the canvas, set against a pale, loosely brushed studio interior.

Painted in a muted grey-and-brown palette broken by the saturated yellow of the stockings and touches of blue and red, the canvas combines smoothly modeled flesh tones in the face and hands with loose, dragged strokes in the background. The bold color accent against subdued surroundings gives the portrait a striking, slightly theatrical presence.