Sengir Vampire

“Sengir Vampire” presents a study in predatory stillness. The portrait, rendered with a deliberate lack of polish, focuses on a gaunt, shadowed face, tilted upward as if scenting a distant presence. Washes of ochre and sickly yellow define the bone structure, the palette suggesting a creature sustained by something beyond the natural world. A crimson streak bisects the face, not as a wound, but as an intrinsic part of its being—a visual echo of hunger or perhaps a lingering trace of indulgence. The brushwork is immediate, almost frantic around the mouth, conveying a sense of barely contained energy. Against a deep, umber ground, the composition evokes a creature caught between worlds, a being of ancient power and unsettling fragility, radiating an atmosphere of quiet menace.