Woman by the Garden Pond

At the edge of a lush garden, a woman bathes by the pond - her body calm, unguarded, glowing in the soft air. Birds skim the water, white wings glinting in the light; turtles drift close, curious. Around her, carpets and a low platform mark a space for rest, a sanctuary where nature and intimacy meet.

The scene breathes with the warmth of an oriental garden - alive, fragrant, tenderly watching. Animals linger not as intruders but as witnesses, drawn to her ease.

“He offered her the world,” writes Monique Duval, “she said she had her own.”

Woman by the Garden Pond is that world - a vision of sovereignty in stillness, where beauty belongs to itself.