sunbathing naked on the beach

“Walking naked, sunbathing and swimming naked. Haruka found it very natural, there was no need to make a metaphysical issue out of it. I was amazed when she quietly asked me to do the same. What ? put myself completely naked ? me too ? She herself was a fan of naturism that she discovered in Finland when she went to study at a high school in Helsinki. When the crowd came back up from Furuvik beach, uninhibited and unspoiled, she descended below the ledge of Suomenlinna to dive into the sea while abandoning her bikini on a rock. In this portrait of Haruka, I wanted to show the secret beauty, wild and intense of life that singularly radiates from certain beings. Amber paint on wood. Unframed.