Painting description

In the foreground lies a naked body in cool light. Above it stands a pink elephant with large painted eyes. The patches of color are rough, almost as if not yet dry. You can see energetic brushstrokes and layers of impasto. The background is a ribbon of sea and a sky in turquoises, yellows, and white, as if someone had been scribbling across it. The composition is slightly cheeky and a bit askew, which makes the image tremble. I feel tension but also tenderness, seriously, as if the animal were keeping watch over a sleep. The elephant is pink and looks like my plush toy. The style brushes up against Expressionism and a bit of Fauvism. The artist paints boldly and a bit raw—like, bold. I think about the fragility of the body and the strength of the guardian, and this ambiguity makes my heart go soft.