In December 2017 I had thought this painting finished, but I returned to it this month, repainted much of the lower section, and now consider it a 2018 piece. My original intention (as seen in the drawing) was to have much more white space, and so this amended version is much more successful.
It may seem like a big departure from the forest paintings of recent years, but several features can be found throughout my portfolio: The collage approach of assembling images with no regard for perspectives; the origami objects; the Nine Ladies Stone Circle, Matlock, which I painted in 2006; not to mention a girl in a polka dot mini-dress...
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