figurative works in the upper reaches of the value scale, creating an atmosphere of brightness and expansiveness. The palette achieves thermal balance - reds and blues, ochres and greens, each holding the other in check. Mid-saturation across the board: the palette has colour character without chromatic excess. The most saturated colour, #CDA167, is reserved to 5.4% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. 52 units of value spread create a palette that is varied but unified - contrast in the service of harmony. Together these qualities point to the open-air Impressionist method: recording light rather than local colour.