Treasure

oil, acrylic, oil sticks and oil pastels on linen

130 x 140 cm

2026

In this penetrating exploration of social performance and hidden desires, the painting deconstructs Somerset Maugham's narrative of power, class, and concealment and reveals the delicate choreography of social pretence - where silence becomes a currency of survival, and unspoken tensions simmer beneath a carefully maintained surface. Here, the characters are not merely figures, but living embodiments of societal constraints, their bodies and gestures mapping the invisible boundaries of class, desire, and institutional power. The work becomes a profound meditation on the performative nature of social relationships, where what remains unsaid speaks more eloquently than any confession.