Strike the Pose by Sofia Doudine Size:M - 50 x 70cm Painted years before abstraction had

Painted years before abstraction had a name

There is a cinematic quality to the stillness: the sense that something has just happened

The result sits closer to modern graphic design than to traditional ukiyo-e

The palette

Strike the Pose by Sofia Doudine Size:M - 50 x 70cm Painted years before abstraction hadStrike the Pose announces its subject with exactly the confidence the title implies a figure rendered in Sofia Doudine's richly colored, pattern forward style where clothing, posture, and palette work together as a single visual statement. The composition is declarative rather than narrative: this is a figure that occupies space with full awareness of being seen. Doudine's illustration language draws on fashion and graphic design, layering decorative