Waiting. On the court

A young woman in a white tank top and pale skirt sits atop a tall stool, looking down and dangling a thread with a small silvery charm toward slender cats perched on low blue stools below. Behind them stretches an empty red court with a badminton net, a bare tree and pale hills under a moon; blue rubber gloves lie scattered on the grass beside an open doorway.

The scene is painted in cool blues, sandy tans and a single band of red, with soft, even light flattening the shadows into pale washes. Smooth modelling of the figure contrasts with surreal details, the precarious perch, the cats' fixed gaze, the scattered gloves, lending the picture a suspended, quietly expectant stillness.