Milltown Exit, by Fay Jones, was painted in 1984 in acrylic paint on canvas. It’s about 6 and a half feet high by just under 4 and a half feet wide.

This painting shows two figures – a white woman and a white man – on a green baseball field. They are shown full length and take up most of the canvas. Their forms and features are simplified, created in flat planes of color.

The woman, on the left, has wavy black jaw-length hair. She is shown standing upright, with her left profile towards us. Her eye is outlined with eyeshadow and her lips are red and slightly parted, showing white teeth. She wears a black knee-length dress, with a pattern on the bodice suggesting leaf forms, made of bold, loosely painted patches of color: yellow, white, green and orange. A white apron is tied round the waist, with an outsize frilly bow at the back, edged with black. Her legs are bare, or in flesh-colored stockings; tan shoes or sandals with ankle straps are cut off by the bottom edge of the canvas.

At the top left edge of the canvas, the woman’s raised right hand is wearing a baseball mitt, with its criss-cross webbing between thumb and forefinger. Her left hand is raised to her temple.

On the right of the canvas, the man is dressed in baseball gear: red cap; white long-sleeve jersey with yellow upper arms; close fitting white pants with black trim. He is shown in three-quarter profile, with his body turned towards the left of the canvas – the same direction as the woman is facing. His knees are slightly bent; his right arm, wearing a baseball mitt, hangs at his side; and his left hand, holding the white baseball, is raised, at the top right corner of the canvas.

Behind the man is a rectangular gray screen or wall, with a rough cross-hatch pattern. To the left of the canvas, behind the woman, small buildings line the field. The sky overhead is dark gray and overcast, with a faint gray green light coming from the left.