Player 1 (Spring) is part of the series Fantasy Girls, which reclaims and reimagines the historical female figures depicted in classical paintings. In this series of works, Tomlinson plays with the duality of fantasy as a male projection and as an imagined better future outside patriarchy. Inspired by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres' La Source (1856), this painting proposes an empowered version of it, where the female character acquires the appearance of a pufferfish, with her body covered in spikes. The spikes and the puffer fish's high toxicity are empowering attributes symbolising resistance against patriarchal constructs. The posture contributes to creating a sense of pride and suggests the subject is comfortable in her own body, challenging societal beauty standards. The subjects in the series are depicted faceless, referencing the fact that these women, although empowered, are not yet liberated as they are imprisoned in an oppressive society ruled by patriarchal laws. This choice is also a reference to the history of painting and its misogynistic tendency to dehumanise women.