Sailing

A bearded man grips an oar inside a wooden rowboat that sits, unexpectedly, on bare sand rather than water; two pale, wolf-like dogs stand watch at the bow and stern, while small houses dot the folding rust-red hills behind, and a bone-like object and a barrel lie discarded on the ground nearby.

Deep burnt sienna and rust tones dominate the hills, dripping in thin runs down the canvas, against a chalky, cloud-streaked ivory sky and boat; the flattened, stylized forms and the improbable dry landscape give the scene a quiet, surreal unease beneath its outwardly calm surface.