A solitary black swan glides across a perfectly still emerald-green pond beneath drooping willow branches. Its reflection is a pristine white swan, but the reflection has turned its head to stare directly at the viewer while the real bird looks straight ahead. Violet ripples spread outward from the reflection alone. The background dissolves into ornamental silhouettes of twisted trees and distant gothic rooftops. Dark art nouveau fairytale, Japanese woodblock-inspired simplification, delicate painterly textures, deep green and plum-violet palette, small ivory highlights, restrained composition, quiet psychological unease, beautiful and subtly wicked rather than frightening.