After the Last Chord

Acrylic, Oil on Paper
24 x 32 cm

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In this sensual, emotional work, I captured a moment after the music has already been played — yet continues to live within.

The black grand piano here is not merely an instrument, but a state of being.
It feels heavy, fractured, as if holding the memory of touch, pauses, and unspoken confessions. Its form is blurred, like a memory that cannot be fully held — slipping away, leaving only a trace.

On the surface of the piano, an almost imperceptible  silhouette of a nude woman emerges.
She is barely visible, dissolving into layers of grey and darkness, as if the woman and the music have become one. This is not a body, but a sensation of presence — vulnerable, quiet, intimate. Like a breath held between notes.

Red appears suddenly, like an inner heat, like an emotion that cannot be concealed.
It does not scream — it smolders. It is passion, pain, life itself, remaining even when the sound has already fallen silent.