"Behind the green door"

Acrylic 11"x8"

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The textures of man made objects as they are slowly reclaimed by nature have long fascinated me. A bit of old chain or some peeling paint on an old farm building are almost irrisistable subjects to me and I record them whenever I find them. This wonderful arrangement is, in fact, 'behind the green door' on the opposite side of the road to the old corrugated iron gate featured in my 'Ordinary, extraordinary' painting. The farm buildings teem with starlings in the early summer but among the other residents are a pair of beautiful pied wagtails. I sketched the male in a different part of the yard but I couldn't resist the urge to paint more rusty chains and peeling paint!

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