This painting shows a woman lounging on a beach. On her blanket, an open book rests face down while a piece of pie and a fruit beverage take up the blanket space behind her bare leg. The woman's head is turned away, and her face is inaccessible to the viewer; she is looking deeper into the composition, where the surf meets the beach.

The artist frequently depicts women that don’t seem to fully engage in their activities. This woman isn't posing for a male viewer; instead, she seems to absent-mindedly take on performative gestures and acts that have entered the collective memory through art, fashion and pop culture. Her eyes are hidden as she looks into the distance, seeking to escape her present setting.

Orchard's work plays with the formal elements of early 20th century modernist movements, such as cubism, fauvism or German expressionism. In her compositions, she embeds contemporary narratives into figurative painting history while raising questions about the representation of the female body.