This painting was influenced by the Italian mannerists, in particular Pontormo’s painting Joseph sold to Potiphar. In Joseph sold to Potiphar the brightly dressed figures snake up and back into the painting. Joseph, in the foreground, is the favorite son.

In my version, my family soaks up the last rays of summer at the threshold of our barn. Buckets and bee traps extend the serpentine shape of their overlapping bodies.