Redpath made still life paintings throughout her career. She made countless paintings exploring the familiar objects in her own home, many of which she had collected during her travels abroad. In her later works, including this painting, she worked with oil paint in a thick, impasto style, using a palette knife to create sculptural textures. She also explored the contrast between warm, earthy tones set against bright whites. The objects in Redpath’s later still life paintings appear to float in space rather than sit on a surface; she said, ‘a painter is not interested in the laws of gravity.’