Original artwork description:

retaken now, on June 2025
- This portrait plays with the contrast between control and chaos. I started with a more realistic face and then let instinct take over — using bold marks, bright color, and even paint drips to break it apart.

It’s not about destroying the subject, but about interrupting perfection — letting in something more emotional, more urgent. I don’t over-explain it; it’s meant to be felt more than decoded.

"Geisha is an artist of the floating world."
"Remember, Chiyo, geisha are not courtesans. And we are not wives. We sell our skills, not our bodies. We create another secret world, a place only of beauty.
The very word "geisha" means artist and to be a geisha is to be judged as a moving work of art."

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- oil, acrylic & collage (colored glass pebbles, fabric, sequins, paillettes) on canvas (linen)
- one coat of glossy varnish
- it is ready to hang or you can frame it, as you wish

- the colours may look different on other devices/ screens

- custom charges vary in each country outside Europe and are not included in the price of the artwork

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new figurative painting, woman portrait, Asian, gestural, raw energy, Japan, mood, study, figure painting, one of a kind art, detail, face, geisha

Materials used:

collage, oil, acrylic on canvas, knife, pencil, varnish

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