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Hi everybody!

I hope you all had a lovely Easter.

Well - I have been working on this painting of the felled tree over the weekend.

The tree had been lying out in the open for a long time and had become quite weathered.

It was very intense working on it and I had a few "aargh" moments when it just wouldn't 

go right for me. All of you who are artists will know exactly what I mean! The frustration

made me want to give up at times as I assessed and re-assessed the work and finally

I reached what I wanted to say with it. Personally, I find that as I go deeper into a painting,

I can get so involved with the textures and colour that I get "lost" in it and it can become 

quite abstract. I stop for a break and come back to it with fresh eyes and I sometimes find

that it has gone totally off the original concept! Now, this can be a good thing at times when

it can then become something else, another vision in my mind. But if I want it to remain as 

the original idea, I often have to re-work the whole painting a few times. it can become very

intense. I used watercolour, acrylic,paper,texture gel,coloured pencils and inks in this piece.

It is now at a stage where I am finished.

It is called "Slain"/section of weathered dead tree.

I hope you like it!

Eileen (:o)