Painting description

The painting shows a woman sitting on a bed. She's shot slightly from the side, her long dark hair flowing over her shoulder like a soft ink stain. The background does the trick. Heavy curtains in browns and graphites fan out to the sides, and in the center, a vertical strip of cold white shines, like a window or a slit of light. The composition is simple but taut, with legs forming a long, diagonal shape that leads the eye. The paint appears oil-based, smudged in places, with a visible brushstroke and delicate streaks. The atmosphere is quiet, intimate, a bit like after a sleepless night. I think of solitude, but also of a moment of relief, a private one. I would sit here and say nothing. She is sad.