Evening

A large, weathered two-story wooden house with shuttered windows stands against a darkening evening sky. In the tall grass before it a small girl sits alone at a table laid with a white cloth, a lit oil lamp and a plate; empty chairs surround her, a black cat crouches beneath the table, and a thin crescent moon hangs above the rooftops in the distance.

Deep blue-grey and violet tones envelop the house and grass, relieved only by the warm glow of the lamp and a lit window. Thickly textured paint renders the log walls and peeling boards, while the figure and table are more smoothly finished, giving the scene a hushed, faintly eerie stillness of a solitary evening ritual.