A fox with fur composed of the distinctive mark-making technique that identifies it as uniquely Iris Scott sits in a stylistically varied field looking back over the path of art history. The blues in the fur evoke the depth and rounded contours of the creature as it perches on the Rousseau-like grasses in the foreground. The painting’s mid-range blends into a pointillistic collage of colors reminiscent of Seurat, while the distance explodes into a forest suggesting the abstract expressionism of Joan Mitchell. Powerfully articulated, the fox situates Scott among an historical landscape of painters from which she has distinguished herself.