The Ultimate Alphabet: The Letter B

Mike Wilks hid 542 things beginning with B in this 1982 painting: a brass band in bearskins playing on a bandstand, a boa constrictor draped over a branch, a boxer mid-round, bunting, a bloodhound, a blue tit, a bowler hat, a baker, a bearded Elizabethan in a ruff, a bullfrog, and a hand holding a brush at the lower left.

Every inch is a different object, so there is a landmark wherever you look. The sky and the blue border are the only quiet ground. Finished size 68.5 x 50.8cm.