Cigarettes after Sex

An abstract portrait of attitude, distraction and quiet detachment. Heavy black outlines stretch across a vivid lime-green background, shaping an elongated face beneath a wash of red and soft pink. Half-closed eyes hold an unreadable expression, while a cigarette and a trail of blue smoke give the figure an almost indifferent presence. Paint drips run through the composition, softening its bold shapes and leaving every colour slightly unsettled.

There is something unbothered about the figure, but the longer you look, the harder that calm becomes to read. It could be confidence, exhaustion, or simply a moment of being somewhere else entirely. The piece sits in that uncertainty—when someone looks at ease, but their thoughts remain out of reach.