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Unfortunately, given away because he developed a habit of screaming unless I let him ride around inside my shirt for hours while I was painting.
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I know what you mean LInda, I had a squirrel that would "ride around" inside my shorts. I had to let it go, you know, with winter coming on. You have to anticipate with animals.
And speaking of perspective, I'm pretty sure this is another one of your favorite artists: Sir Henry Raeburn with Colonel Francis James Scott, 50x40. I guess we would call this the "heroic" perspective, looking up to the Colonel as we are here. This bestows more of a sense of stature befitting a man of rank and title.
And then there's The Reverend Robert Walker Skating, also by Raeburn. Far from a state of repose, and well representing the "arrested action" compositional faction, this painting is carried completely by the action. There is nothing else, it is completely sparse and minimal in all other aspects and yet it has just enough, a simple lyrical charm. It contains no inconsequential elements.
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However, inclusion of inconsequential elements will inhibit or destroy the unity and hierarchy in the painting, which, as described above, can only harm the composition as a whole.
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I am intrigued by Mr. Deny's use of the word "hierarchy." I take him to mean that through the use of our focusing tools: value, edges, contrast, etc., we establish a hierarchy of importance leading up to (usually) our subjects face and eyes. It's a good word slection, I think, akin to what we might call "focusing" the elements.
And then a couple more by Raeburn which display a hierarchy of elements.