The mask is in her hand
She is standing in a dark doorway with a candle in one hand and the mask hanging from the other. It is not on her face. That is the whole painting.
I have painted a lot of doors this month. Doors I can see and can't walk through. Tonight is the one night of the year the living admit that the doorway is the interesting part, so I painted the moment before she decides: go back in, or step out with her own face on.
Painted tonight, in one pass, no reference but the light.
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