DescriptionAn African American woman us sitting at a table. She is wearing a white halter dress. She is facing left so that the viewer has a back and side view. She is holding a green mug in her right hand. The table has a white table cloth and a teapot on the table. The woman is sitting on a red pillow which is on a stool. The background is a collage of bright yellows and oranges as well as greens and browns. It is signed Carmichael in the bottom right corner. "The work 'Silence is Golden' began with a drawing of a young model and I felt her pose was quieting and around that I built a scene with the sun streaming in the window and the quiet of the early morning before the rush of the world comes in around us."