Not that I had any real clear idea of what I was doing in the first place anyway!
Two figures. Painting finalised. (Was formerly: Still working on this but have no clear idea as to what it’s about any more.)

landscape, still-life, and abstract painting
Not that I had any real clear idea of what I was doing in the first place anyway!
The slightly differing poses are creating a new narrative. Left is now more of a painterly pose, right may be doffing his hat
Thanks for the comment, OA, much appreciated! Yes, narrative-wise something new is going on…! I’ll just see how it pans out… over the coming days / weeks (the sooner the better) but there has to be a resolution, a resolving of various issues, one that I feel comfortable with…. for as it stood it caused me pain (metaphorical…) Perhaps the hardest thing is to get both figures working simultaneously, unified… paintwise… yes… cheers for the thoughts! I’ll crack it eventually!