Seated girl on edge, 1973
‘You can clearly see the threat the girl suspects in her eyes. Compositionally, her long bare legs and arm lead up to her face in the extreme corner. The extra thigh, knee and hand of her friend diffuse her vulnerability, because if she was alone it would be a different picture. I like the mended step and the column on the left for contributing to the degraded texture. And in the centre is a dark open doorway. It’s all unplanned, an accident, driven by my glance at the legs emerging from the worn setting as I went by’
