Longing

This artwork features a minimalist and elegant depiction of a reclining nude figure, rendered in a stylized, almost abstract form. The body is outlined with fine, deliberate lines, while the figure itself is filled with a soft tone, contrasting delicately with the textured gold leaf adding warmth and opulence.
 
The surface beneath the figure is rendered darker tones, grounding the composition.
 
Delicate and expressive, the dark outlines add structure while preserving fluidity. The simplicity of the lines brings a sense of quiet elegance.
 
The piece has a modernist, perhaps even Picasso-esque feel, with its emphasis on form over realism.
It evokes tranquility, intimacy, and introspection, inviting the viewer into a quiet, personal moment.
The gold background lends an air of the sacred or timeless, as if elevating the everyday gesture of rest into something iconic.
 
Beneath the Gilded Sky
She lies in the hush of a golden dusk,
where silence curves like a whispered breath.
A body not drawn, but remembered—
etched in the language of longing and line.
 
The world above her, a shimmer of myth,
brushstroked in molten light and memory,
while beneath, the earth cradles her form,
soft as moss, still as truth.
 
She is both statue and sigh—
a lull between thought and dream,
a pause in the heart’s quiet grammar
where time forgets to pass.
 
And in that stillness,
she becomes eternal.
 
 
 
Mount is 35cm by 45cm
Image is 11.5cm by 21 cm