This image is an intense smaller study that uses layering and reduction techniques to arrive at a simplification of the subject matter.

It is painted quite thickly to counteract the rather scribbly and immediate initial drawing technique, which I have previously described as conversational. As a set of images it relates to others that can be seen here, including “These questions need answers,” “Champion Ruby,” “The visitor,” “Rowena with wallpaper,” and “Table study.”

There are a range of explorations within the elements, for example the visual curve created through the image by the relationships between the green items.