Smoke Over the Keys

A side-profile figure in dark glasses occupies the right side of the composition, her orange garment set against a nearly black ground. Across the foreground, a piano keyboard and sweeping striped forms create a strong diagonal rhythm, while pale, smoky marks rise above the instrument like drifting memories. Heavy black contours, scraped passages, and fractured blocks of gray, white, rust, and orange give the painting a raw, theatrical presence, balancing portraiture with the charged atmosphere of a late-night performance.