This contemporary painting depicts a young woman sitting in a domestic setting. The composition uses a muted color palette with shades of gray, pink, and yellow, creating a serene and introspective atmosphere. The figure is rendered in a relatively realistic style, capturing a pensive expression and relaxed posture. The geometric patterns and shapes in the background suggest an abstract, almost architectural, quality that contrasts with the central figure. The artwork appears to explore themes of individuality, contemplation, and the interplay between the human form and the surrounding environment. ...
Romane de Watteville uses figurative painting in an almost meta way to enjoy what remains to be enjoyed. In her work, Romane de Watteville allows herself the freedom to abuse figurative painting as a last resort in a general confusion. Sometimes frontal, sometimes anachronistic, Romane de Watteville's painting takes the chance of not situating itself. Recklessly, her practice offers itself to what painting has always been able to resist and thwart: a critical relationship with contemporary and historical references and figures. ...
