The abstraction of the St Ives artists in the 1960s was often differentiated from that of their trans-Atlantic peers, with a direct interest in place and landscape, namely that of west Cornwall above all else, unlike in the US where the abstraction tended to be strictly intellectual in origin. By the mid-1960s, Feiler’s interest had begun to shift from producing abstracted but painterly depictions of Cornish landmarks towards a more conceptual exploration of space, light and form, akin to that of his American contemporaries. These works, as in the present example, showcase some of Feiler’s most complex and highly worked painting techniques, evidencing his typical method of reworking and overpainting over the course of a year or so before the final work emerged. Inspired by lunar landings Feiler had begun to paint simplified compositions recalling the pure Suprematist studies of Malevich and the forms in this work allude to the space imagery that would become synonymous with the artist’s work towards the end of the decade.