Sketchy and abstract nature the two works Folly and Frivolity, like their titles, are playful, quick and experimental. Given that they were probably produced within five years of her study at art school it is a clear sign that the stimulating artistic environment of London and her interaction with modernist painters such as Frances Hodgkins were clearly having an impact on her work.
- Greg Donson, from intro to 'Bare', 2009

This work probably references the Greek myth of Daphne and Apollo.
"... the general narrative, found in Greco-Roman mythology, is that due to a curse made by the fierce wrath of the god Cupid, son of Venus, on the god Apollo (Phoebus), Daphne became the unwilling object of the infatuation of Apollo, who chased her against her wishes. Just before being kissed by him, Daphne invoked her river god father, who transformed her into a laurel tree, thus foiling Apollo."
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne