Twombly combined ink, watercolour, and gestural mark making on paper to evoke emotional and poetic themes, much like this piece explores happiness and love through layered mixed media. His expressive yet intimate works share the same lyrical abstraction and conceptual tenderness present in this bowl of happiness series.

Brown layers paint and mixed media with an energetic, emotionally charged approach that blends abstraction with conceptual themes of love and vitality, closely mirroring the spirit of this work. Her use of fluid, organic forms and rich colour recalls the pastel and watercolour warmth Alice Mak employs here.

Smith frequently works with ink, watercolour, and pastel on paper to create intimate conceptual works that centre on themes of tenderness, nature, and human emotion, qualities that resonate strongly with this piece. Her delicate layering of media and poetic subject matter closely parallels the mixed media warmth of this artwork.