The eye is the quietest passage in Boawrj. Fine horizontal strokes run across the brow and cheek. A little farther to the right, the yellow paint hangs in thick loops. Moving between the two is enough to change the apparent depth of the picture. The face seems to recede where the yellow comes forward.

The oval carries isolated black letters along its rim, like fragments of a caption. At its foot, the pale animal head reaches across the border and a long gray snout points back toward the sitter. These figures have emphatic outlines of their own. Follow their glances and the portrait acquires a cast of characters around its single human face.