Yacht Passing the Terrace 

John Miller painted "Yacht Passing the Terrace" using oil on board. Here, the composition is divided into distinct horizontal bands. The blue of the sky and sea contrast with the light terrace, creating a stark yet serene visual experience. Miller manipulates colour to create spatial depth. The uniformity of the blue flattens the background, pushing the distant yacht almost out of view, while the foreground elements—the parasol and potted plants—are rendered with more tangible forms. This interplay of flat and dimensional shapes invites questions about perception and representation. Is it truly a terrace we're viewing, or a constructed, flattened space that destabilizes conventional perspective? The overall effect is a visual puzzle, one that challenges our expectations of pictorial space and invites us to reconsider how simple shapes and colors can evoke complex ideas about seeing.