Long description

The figure comprises four artworks: two drawings at the top and two paintings beneath. Starting at the top left-hand image and moving clockwise the pieces demonstrate increasing abstraction.

The top left-hand artwork is an outline sketch of a cow, and appears unfinished. The second drawing is more abstract and has rectangles superimposed on the cow’s body.

The first painting (at the bottom right-hand side of the figure) depicts a cow on a green background, but the cow is composed of blocks (mostly rectangular) of solid colour.

The final painting is comprised entirely of different-sized blocks of solid colour. Four blocks are green and represent the background. The cow depicted in the earlier pieces is represented by strategically arranged blocks of blue, black, red and yellow.