Eileen (gloves)

A delicate and dreamlike portrait rendered in soft pastels, this work by Rachel Feinstein captures a figure named Eileen defined by the intimate detail of her gloves. Feinstein's signature blend of glamour and vulnerability infuses the composition with a theatrical, almost fairy-tale quality, evoking classic femininity through sumptuous color and fluid line. The pastel medium lends the work an ethereal lightness, as if the image exists somewhere between memory and fantasy.