Marusya

A young woman with dark hair pinned up and a red flower tucked in it sits in a wooden chair, hands folded in her lap; she wears a blue dress patterned with red roses and trimmed in green, red, and orange bands. Behind her, a plain cream wall bears a small painted bird at upper left and a faint sketched animal head at upper right.

Warm flesh tones and the muted cream background set off the dress's saturated blue, red, and green pattern; broad, confident brushstrokes model the face and hands with more finish than the loosely sketched wall decorations, giving the portrait a direct, composed presence.