Six O'clock
He introduced to her William McConnell , Hudson Dula , who had not yet been to see them , Jan Jansen , Louis Deesa , Leonard Baker and Paynter Stone . In regard to Eugene 's picture the papers , with one exception , had nothing to say , but this one in both Eugene 's and Angela 's minds made up for all the others . It was the _ Evening Sun _ , a most excellent medium for art opinion , and it was very definite in its conclusions in regard to this particular work . The statement was : `` A new painter , Eugene Witla , has an oil entitled ` Six O'clock ' which for directness , virility , sympathy , faithfulness to detail and what for want of a better term we may call totality of spirit , is quite the best thing in the exhibition . It looks rather out of place surrounded by the weak and spindling interpretations of scenery and water which so readily find a place in the exhibition of the Academy , but it is none the weaker for that . The artist has a new , crude , raw and almost rough method , but his picture seems to say quite clearly what he sees and feels . He may have to wait -- if this is not a single burst of ability -- but he will have a hearing .