Kevin Melchionne draws inspiration from toile, emphasizing the transition from structural elements to visual imagery. In “A Respite from Solitary Abstraction,” a prominent double entendre is present. The room, decorated with toile wallpaper, is populated with numerous images. These images—and the painting itself—serve as a contrast to the “solitary abstraction,” which is the sole abstract artwork or structural element within the space, namely Patrick Heron’s “Two Yellows and Brown, August 1966.” The painting also depicts a man and a woman together in the room, liberated from their solitary thoughts and illuminations. Though they do not interact, their shared presence offers a form of support. As a visual allusion to Rainer Maria Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet,” love is depicted as the protection of two solitary entities: “Love consists in this: that two solitudes protect and border and greet each other.”