Under the Starless Ruins

A seated, blindfolded figure occupies the foreground of a fractured nighttime city, surrounded by crumbling walls, dark windows, scattered debris, and a small red flower. Above, a sweeping band of stars and layered blue clouds creates a dreamlike sky, while roses climb around a distant doorway as a vivid counterpoint to the surrounding gray destruction. The simplified anatomy, rough surface, and emphatic outlines give the work the directness of contemporary folk expressionism, with the centered pose lending it a quiet, contemplative tension.