Outlined with bold, confident brushstrokes, this painting demonstrates the artist’s expert deftness complemented by an unruly sense of assurance—a freedom and spontaneity characteristic of Fauvism artworks. The woman in the painting leaned comfortably on her back, perfectly composed and unabashed as she displays her feminine beauty. In the background, powerful splashes and drippings of hue invoke the influence of abstract expressionism while blending perfectly into the chunks of highly saturated colors. The boundless creative energy and streaming vitality that burst forth is moreover a succinct and powerful statement of Ting’s extraordinary artistic expression, and imbues the artwork with an air of delighted bliss. This portrait of a women references the classicism paintings of Titian, Manet, Modigliani, Matisse, and others who created countless masterpieces in similar composition. In Walasse Ting’s work, a posture of classical painting is translated into one of utmost passion and zeal. It reveals the heart’s unwavering desire to be naked before the world’s eyes, and for this reason elevated Ting as one of true artists in the era.