"They have crossed over."
"And the Egyptians?"
"Will be here soon. That's the sort of painting I like; simple, suggestive, and unpretentious."
The artist dipped his brush in a bucket of paint and wiped it across the canvas several times horizontally. When he had done this he took his labor in hand and carefully placed it in an elaborate frame.
"What's the idea?" his boon companion inquired.
"Impressionistic study."
"Do you mean to tell me that is a finished painting?"
"Certainly."
"What are you going to call it?"