Selfportrait with dogs

A half-length figure of a dark-haired woman in a blue top and red-violet scarf looks down at two borzoi-type dogs pressed against her chest, one pale tan-and-white dog gazing upward and one black-and-tan dog facing outward; behind her a pale, hazy coastline with cliffs, water, and two birds in flight opens into the distance.

Blues, ochres, and warm flesh tones dominate, with the dogs' fur built from slashing, thickly loaded strokes and the background dissolved into soft washes; light falls from the left across face and hands; the loose, gestural handling and close framing give the scene an intimate, tender mood between figure and animals.