asclepion_impasto, navy_chiaroscuro, dark lighting, dramatic lighting, navy blue shadows, An adult candle seller in a thick ochre coat carries a small burning staircase made entirely of red wax above his head through a snow-buried market street. Each tiny step holds a separate flame, casting orange light across shuttered stalls. Medium frontal view at chest height, his raised arms framing the staircase and the narrow snowy street fading behind his left shoulder.