Wife’s portrait study, sketch for “Strange garden”
A woman’s face emerges from a deep, nocturnal gloom. The light catches the curve of her cheek and the bridge of her nose, pulling her features forward from a background of ink and midnight blue. She wears a large, dark hat, a heavy shape defined by swirling, green feather-like strokes that seem to pulse with a life of their own. This is a moment of quietude, a sketch captured in…









