And the painting, showing three
mysterious figures framed against a moonlit sea, makes a dazzling restatement of Doig's key strengths.
The absence of a human
figure tasks the objects in the paintings with suggesting a narrative arc, imbuing them with a sense of
mysterious drama — a door that is slightly ajar, a glass of water left on a bathroom sink, a broom leaning against a wall are the only evidence of the presence of a person, perhaps having moments before walked through the picture
frame, or lingering just out of sight.