Summer rest

A red-haired woman in white lies on a red-and-gold checked blanket, writing or sketching on a pad, while a baby rests above her in a white sheet slung as a hammock between two tree trunks. A blue bird perches on the hammock frame and a red bird sits at its edge; a basket of apples, loose fruit and a mug of coffee on a tree-stump table complete the shaded garden nook, all beneath a wall of tall sunflowers.

Bright, saturated color blocks of green foliage, gold sunflower heads and red plaid are handled with a flattened, decorative simplicity rather than naturalistic modeling. Dappled sunlight picks out the sheet and skin in warm highlights, lending the whole scene a lazy, contented summer mood.