Musician N 20

A bearded man sits with eyes closed, absorbed in playing a slender magenta flute held between his fingers. He wears a bright green tunic with faceted folds and dark teal trousers, a decorated dagger tucked at his hip, while an oversized white cloak rises behind his shoulders like folded paper wings. He rests against a pale marble block, set flat against a solid crimson field.

The palette is bold and saturated - acid green, magenta, and deep red - with the drapery rendered in crystalline, faceted planes of white and grey that fracture the light into sharp angular shapes rather than soft folds. Brushwork is smooth and controlled with hard edges, and the flattened, geometric stylization of the fabric gives the figure a monumental presence despite the intimacy of his closed-eyed absorption in music.