Smith writes: «In effect, Mr. Ryman has spent his career circling Point A, proving that there are an infinite number of
ways to meet painting's basic requirements... It helps to think of Mr. Ryman as a kind of philosopher - carpenter with an inborn,
almost mystical love of paint as paint.
But in the background of this stunning tableau, if you meditate closely on the painting, you will see a portrait of a powerful, other - worldly female figure,
almost larger than life, with large bright eyes, wearing a turban, sharply observing everything, as if she herself were keeping all the other elements in balance, in some
mystical powerful
way.