James Zapata's Scout features a monochromatic harmony.
The piece is split noticeably, roughly in the middle, using values on opposite ends of the scale. The blue hue works well with both tones of the piece. The lower half, including the figure with the bird suggests a mysterious mood, although the figure itself may not suggest a dark personality, the environment itself does so.
My interpretation of the piece is that this figure is, if there were side of good and evil, on the good side, receiving a message from, lets say, allies in a war or dispute or something similar.
I have formed this opinion due to the darkened tones mentioned earlier, but also the light vales and saturation used in the upper area of the piece. The mountains have a bright white-blue-grey light shiny through and this hue bares significant difference to those in the lower part of the piece. The figure itself also stands out a lot more due to the lighter areas starting where the figure starts. The clouds part so we can see the mountains and the light shining through.
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