Carved on a small offcut quickly, it is not perfect but has some charm nonetheless. I originally coloured this in green and blue but it looked insipid. The yellow and orange gives more of a late afternoon feel.
I showed my mother a draft of this. She is legally blind and called it ‘two puppies”.
I have another name but that will apply to a triptych that I’m doing.
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