Gray and Red Mask with Golden Drippings - Reflection on the Canal - Venice Mask Edition

The visual

The painting depicts a monumental Venetian mask , with a silver-grey face, dominating a landscape of canals and Venetian facades. A stylized rose garden crowns the mask's forehead, blending bordeaux red and gold into a pattern of melting flowers that flow in liquid streams into the water. The eyes, hollowed out in black almond shape, contrast with the smooth and mineral texture of the face. In the background, domes evoking Byzantine architecture are drawn against a pale yellow twilight sky. Black gondolas line the canal symmetrically, silhouettes that are repeated in the calm water. The reflection in the water picks up every shade, from anthracite grey to scarlet red, in a wavy blur. The composition, both realistic and pictorial, plays on the perfect symmetry between the sky, the city and its aquatic double.