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Here's the latest off the desk: a small piece that started as something rather a bit different.

Twilight's Castle, 13x7

This painting emerged from the bones of a scrapped concept and gave me the opportunity to try some new things, like working with physical texture. I'll have to pick up some modeling paste in the near future for further exploration (for this painting the textured areas were just thicker applications of acrylic paint).

You might just be able to make out some of that texture in the detail shot on the left, above. It's very low relief, but worked well with some thin washes to give that bark a slightly rougher look.