A direct gaze meets you through glass covered in water. The drops soften the skin and the outline of the face, but the eyes stay sharp and present, and that contrast is what I wanted to paint: someone close to you and still slightly out of reach. I spent most of the time on the eyes and lips, where the smallest change in light decides the mood. Oil on canvas, 40×40 cm, from the Reflection series.
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