Within canvas 10 1/4" square, are layers of paint. Main background is white; abstracted figure shape 9" long in ultramarine/cobalt blue lies diagonally top right to bottom left within outline of orange square border. Surface is rough as there are many layers of paint; underpainting on background and figure shape visible due to purposed scratch marks.

by Ruiko Connor

Acrylic paint on canvas

Piece evolved from sketches/thoughts in journal upon seeing hundreds of miniature ancient Egyptian funerary figurines of faience, strikingly beautiful in turquoise blue, at the Vatican Museum. I used, however, a darker blue.