In the still of evening, barley fields are stained with the colours of the lowering sun.
Pastel lines and dashes form a pattern of shadows and brightness in the foreground which soften into smooth blended pigments of rose, lilac and gold beyond.
The title of the painting is taken from W.B Yeats' poem ‘The lake Isle of Innisfree’,
‘And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings; There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet’s wings.’
