Half Turn

She looks past the edge of the canvas at something the painter never showed us. Raw linen shows through the skin, through the blue smock, through the ribbon knotted at her throat. The smile is small and entirely her own.

A line-led portrait drawn on exposed linen ground in indigo, plum, and warm sand, held in Vajwala's editorial and fashion art collection.

Quiet enough for a bedroom, a reading corner, or a narrow entry wall.