Those Were The Days

A nude lingers in the still water, a vision of silence in the midst of the rainforest’s scream. The stylized foliage of the background is rendered in acrylics, its saturated hues pressing against pale violet flesh tones. The figure, painted entirely in oils, exists in tactile contrast to its setting. This interplay between the two mediums creates a kind of metaphysical chiaroscuro, where effects once achieved through light and shadow now unfold through layers of medium, amplified contrasts and process — a layering that reinforces her spectral presence. She appears estranged and isolated from her surroundings, hovering in a separate reality—an apparition rooted in ancient mythology yet filtered through a contemporary lens. The result is an image that feels both timeless and instantly of the present. Executed in oil and acrylic on stretched canvas, the painting is finished with white edges and a gloss varnish, signed and ready to hang.