puppets

Three jointed wooden marionettes, one with a noticeably paler, rounder head, are grouped tightly at the center of the canvas, their bodies angled as if turning toward one another. Their segmented limbs bend at knees and elbows, giving the otherwise still figures a sense of arrested motion.

Warm ochre and taupe tones model the wooden joints against a flat black background, with the single brighter, cooler-toned head standing out among the trio. Broad, confident brushwork keeps the surfaces simplified, lending the group a quiet, faintly eerie stillness despite their implied movement.