Two Forms—a Miniature

Captured from directly behind in a rear view shot, two forms—a miniature, palm-sized wood rabbit of ebonized, rough-hewn textured wood with one ear cocked and the other down, its eyes abstractly undefined, and a capuchin with nimble dark fingers and the sweep of a long prehensile tail, its expressive dark eyes subtly suggested—materialize within an atmosphere of dusty tomes and the scent of old paper, their silhouettes starkly defined by monochromatic black ink on rice paper under cool, dim, low-key side lighting from the right, where the deepest blacks of the ink command attention in a composition leading with this intense 'color' as the focal point.