Deep Dive Sylvia

Deep Dive Sylvia is an original acrylic painting on a 20" x 8" wooden plaque — a portrait of the moment just before. Sylvia stands at the end of a green diving board, her body angled forward in a slight lean, her weight shifting to the tips of her bare feet. She wears a white swimsuit with a thin red trim at the hip, her dark hair pinned up, her arms pulled back behind her — fists clenched, gathering herself. She is not looking at us. She is looking down. Around her, the sky is a luminous wash of soft blue and cloud white — vast, open, unhurried — as if the whole world has paused to watch what she will do next. The board beneath her is the only solid thing. Everything else is air. Pure paint, pure Sylvia, pure edge. A one-of-a-kind original by Branka, created once and never again.

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