Painting Woman in Gold and Grey Kimono - Silent Vigil - Dragon Edition

The visual

The painting presents the tilted face of a woman with black hair, wearing a kimono in anthracite and grey-bluehues. To her right, the head of a golden dragon is outlined, its scales suggested by vibrant and textured pictorial touches. The background, treated in bleached and veiled planes, hints at vertical lines perhaps evoking Japanese architecture. Splashes of rose powder and coral red warm up the clothing, contrasting with the coolness of the surrounding decor. The pictorial technique combines impasto and runs, giving some areas of the kimono an almost abstract appearance. The woman's lowered gaze and the dragon's snout facing outwards create a dynamic diagonal that runs through the entire composition. The whole thing plays on a balance between the precise representation of the face and the pictorial dissolution of the rest of the scene.