Your Blue Hue, 2023

Your Blue Hue, by Sophia Serruya Monteiro 

This artwork depicts a solitary figure with distorted features. The expression shown through moody greens and blue hues, with large, unsettling, bulging eyes and an elongated nose. Their tightly closed mouth, bound or gagged, adds to a sense of suppression or unease. The figure’s gaze is wide-eyed and direct, yet their expression feels frozen in shock or fear. Dark clothing against an undefined backdrop amplify the figure’s isolation, while the expressive, painterly brushstrokes lend the piece a raw, emotional intensity. These vibrant, unnatural colors contrasts sharply with the shadowy tones, heightening the work’s surreal and disquieting atmosphere. There’s a quiet tension in the figure’s static pose and intense gaze, their distorted appearance, and muted expression.