Jonas Wood's New Plant series from 2009 marked a pivotal shift in his artistic journey, focusing on still lifes of potted plants that frequently appeared in his earlier paintings. This series was a departure from larger interior scenes, serving as a foundation for Wood to explore abstraction. He experimented with the abstraction of forms, influenced by Alexander Calder's mobiles, to emphasize color and form over realistic depiction. The New Plant paintings, like "Untitled (Big Yellow Dot)," showcase Wood's exploration of shape and repetition, presenting the plants in a suspended, abstract manner rather than grounded in reality​ (Sothebys.com)​.