Poised (Reflections) Acrylic Figurative Painting

A stylized woman turns inward and upward at once, lifting a mask-like second face as if weighing the self she shows against the self she privately inhabits. The composition hinges on a warm vertical blaze of orange behind her—an inner stage of illumination—while the surrounding greens and clustered red mushrooms press in like a living chorus, intensifying the sense of enclosure and ritual. Her oversized, searching eyes and the crisp delineation of forms create a gentle tension between innocence and scrutiny, as the birds alighting nearby suggest fleeting witnesses to an intimate metamorphosis. Color here becomes psychology: saturated reds and greens read as desire and growth, held in balance by the cool gray of the body, which steadies the scene with a quiet, sculptural stillness.