Instructor

A woman with wavy brown hair stands half-length, hands clasped at her waist, wearing an open red jacket over a white top marked with a pink circular emblem. Behind her, a pale blue wall is crossed by faint diagonal lines and the metal rails of a pool ladder, with scattered pale slips near the floor, placing her beside a swimming pool rather than in a plain studio setting.

The palette is built almost entirely from cool blues interrupted by the one saturated note of the red jacket, which pulls the eye straight to the figure. Brushwork is broad and matte on the background, tightening into careful modeling on the face and hands, and the steady, level gaze gives the portrait a composed, watchful mood.