large painting is of five women holding hands in a circular dance, on a field of green, before a bold blue sky. the sinuous, sensuous curves of the approximately life – size dancers in their circular swirl, convey a vivid sense of rhythm and movement. the painting is dominated by large expanses of just four colors. a hilly shape, in what might be described as emerald green suggests a lawn. it creates a wavy horizon where it meets the deep blue sky, about one – third of the way up the canvas. the five women wear no trace of clothing, and their skin is pale flesh, tinted with pink. the last color is a flat black that outlines the dancers and represents their shoulder length hair. on close examination, one can see that the black of their hair is sometimes tinted with brown or green, and the black that outlines the figures ranges from very dark, to almost gray. the overall application of color is fairly matte with very little glossiness. there is a sense of ‘ flatness ’ to the scene. the dancers themselves might be two dimensional, cut from paper, for example. there is only the slight illusion of depth created by their circle of joined hands. the dancer at the left, and the one along the bottom of the painting face away and show only the backs of their heads and bodies – the two closest to the top face toward us – and the smallest figure to the right of the canvas is in profile. their legs are all in motion, however there is little or no sense that they are supporting the weight of real dancers. rather, in most cases their feet make light contact, or even float slightly above the green hillside. 