Once Upon An Ancient Ritual

As the nude enters the river, her movement becomes a slow, rhythmic immersion. At the height of midsummer, she remains half-submerged, suspended between reality and apparition. She does not resist the river but participates in it, offering breath and vitality in a quiet exchange. Colour fractures the body into shifting passages, creating a luminous oscillation as flesh dissolves into forest. Executed in acrylic on canvas, finished with white edges and a protective varnish, signed and ready to hang.