Nightlight by Bianca ter Riet

About "Nightlight"

by Bianca ter Riet

About the artwork

She rests in the dark like a thought between breaths - silent, subdued, but full of presence. Her eyes closed, her face in profile, radiates a gentle strength: the calm of one who looks not to see, but to feel. The night envelops her like velvet - deep tones of dark blue, green and black merge into a background in which every shadow takes on meaning.

Her hair, black and gracefully put up, sets the stage for a wondrous spectacle: on her head is a Christmas tree of light. Not a grand decoration, but a sculpture of silence and brilliance. Between the slender wires dance dozens of tiny white-gold lights, each one a breath of warmth in the coolness of the night. Some lights are sharp, others hazy like stars in mist - together they form a starry sky that does not hang above her, but grows out of her.

The thin silver threads snaking around the tree carry further round points of light, like falling thoughts seeking no direction. She seems not to fight the dark, but to embrace it - like someone who knows that even the night carries light within it, if only you look quietly enough.

"Nightlight" is not a portrait of beauty, but of inner glow. It is the moment when light and dark are not opposed to each other, but flow together in harmony. She is that balance - the soft focal point in the stillness of the night.

Her presence says nothing, but means everything:
light that does not illuminate, but warms.
A whisper of gold in the blackness.
A reminder that even in the deepest night, something always shines. Christmas. Christmas tree. Christmas light.

Created by Bianca ter Riet with support from AI.