This charming still life, is primarily a study of color and light. Fergal beautifully renders the effects of sunlight on the white curtain by blending an innovative mix of colors—peach, creamy white, and a light, green-tinged gray—to capture the subtleties of shadow, contour, and light on the fabric. Brushwork, not color or line, distinguishes the curtain from the background , anticipating modernist art styles such as post-impressionism.
