A blindfolded nude woman stands facing us, drawing open a thin, sheer garment with both hands. Her lips are a single touch of red, almost the only colour in a canvas held to muted greys and warm browns. A fine red horizontal line runs straight across the picture at shoulder height, cutting the soft figure with one sharp mark.

Shulman lets the body half-emerge from the smoky background, soft-edged and dim, so it reads as much suggestion as form. Secret boundaries is oil on canvas from 2025, upright at 67 by 93 centimetres.