This painting expresses a poetic vision of the world. Ross cites the poetry of Dante Gabriel Rossetti as inspiration - she was introduced to the poet through her father. Here, the lush landscape embraces the woman in pale, mauve pink, who is not separated from the magical woodlands or the interested birds who have come to visit. The ceramic jar serves as a metaphor for the earth and creative potential - the seeking of the fullness of life. Ross aims for spontaneity in her work and, painting upside down is just one method she deploys to free her mind from traditional painting processes and visual tropes. Here, the figure of the woman was painted upside down instinctively in order the artist says to ‘free myself from any fixed notions of the figure of a woman.'