Lacey's Magical Realist style is influenced by the Regionalist art of Thomas Hart Benton, Edward Hopper, Grant Wood, and the Symbolism of Maxfield Parrish. Parrish created a perfected, natural world in landscapes like Hunt Farm. In 1914, he wrote to patron Gertrude Whitney: "Thank you for allowing me to use colors rich and deep...now that I have, I don't think I'll ever go back."

ASPET, A PERFECT DAY is an tribute to Parrish's Regionalist New England landscapes. The cloud echoes the shape of a monumentalized honey locust tree; sheltering the home of Parrish's neighbor, famous Cornish Colony sculptor, Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Mount Ascutney rises in the distance behind the house.