The sugar-beet industry was chosen as the subject matter for this Thesis since Boulder is in the heart of the sugar-beet territory.
The composition portrays a group of beet workers who are busy weeding the beets. A background of farm houses and mountains provides a suitable or typical setting for the workers.
The panel thirty-three inches by forty-five inches was made of '1 Presdwood' 1 treated with a casein size and ground which affords the best surface for the medium used. Egg tempera was selected as the medium because of its numerous possibilities in soft-textured surfaces and luminous color quality.
This Thesis problem afforded a splendid opportunity for the application of principles of composition, color theory, and techniques in medium learned in academic work.</p