Angel in Venice

Alt text: Small white and gold angel statue on a peach background with a turquoise grid and blue patches

Detailed description: Angel in Venice

Acrylic on canvas, 24 × 30 cm.

The painting is composed of shades of peach, light blue, turquoise, dark blue, white, gold, and small accents of red.

The background consists of a broad peach-colored field with irregular patches and stains of red and pink tones distributed across the surface.

In the center of the composition appears a small sculptural figure rendered in white and metallic gold paint. The figure suggests a winged statue standing on a pedestal.

One wing extends upward while the other stretches horizontally to the right. The body and pedestal are painted with layered white-and-gold brushstrokes.

Running across the painting is a grid-like structure composed of turquoise horizontal and vertical lines. Dark blue paint is applied along these lines in uneven patches, creating thicker segments along the grid.

Large, irregular, light-blue shapes partially cover the lower half of the composition and overlap the grid and the statue's pedestal.

He thought: So what, I’ll just do it! I’ll just go and lick the fence! I mean, yes! You’ll be sorry for yelling at me—take that! I’ll come back with my mouth all bloody, my tongue hanging out, and then what are you going to do! You’ll have to love me then.

He stuck out his tongue and walked toward the chain-link fence that separated their garden from the tourist square. He stared straight ahead, everything blurring. Through the mesh, he saw an angel.

And changed his mind.