Death of a Bird

A young woman in profile looks down with a somber expression as she holds a limp, wounded bird in her raised hand, its wing splayed and beak open. Above her, a row of disembodied eyes and a grey cat's head peer down from behind vertical bands of dark, heavily grained woodgrain, the composition divided into alternating strips of black, grey, blue, and mustard yellow. The palette is otherwise muted — black, grey, and cream — with the woman's dark garment set against a mustard-yellow circular form behind her shoulder.