Conceptually, this is the physical artifact created from my process of recovery and healing. It is the signpost closing off a period of grief, struggle and recovery.

As the Coda for this body of work, I decided I was free of the constraints I imposed upon myself. I could return to the medium of oil, work larger, and be more intentional in the phases of construction. This is no longer a process of ‘call and response’.

Some sketchbook planning for forms

Full Size

charcoal under drawing
Toning using burnt sienna and yellow ochre. working through where the lighter colours will be.
Painting in the first layer of the sky and cloud shapes.
Removing the mountain, and filling in the first layer of the farm fields.

final