His Frisking…

His frisking has taken a long time to come together.

The original idea, was that my partner, Gary, would come up with a poem to match the composition, much as he did with ‘I Spied a Hare…‘. In the end, inspiration failed to strike and the work lay on a shelf, forgotten.

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Then, after years hidden away, he found this marvellous poem by William Cowper. ‘Epitaph For a Hare’ is the perfect accompaniment to this lively, enigmatic work. Not only that, but its opening stanza worked well in the space I’d left.

The next problem, lay in my painting style. The intervening years had seen my technique advance to the point where it would seem odd – and a little unfair to release His frisking as-was. So, I chose to over-paint the whole work in oils and I’m so glad I did! Here at last, were the intricate whirls & messy splotches the work was missing all along…

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