en sourdine

I had some kind of a dream about the spine last night.  the front of the vertebrae were expanding and I saw a lot of muted color.  and then I woke up and had a seasonal vision;  A wallpaper pattern of buds and branches triumph over winter.  this one's taken me longer than all the other panels put together I believe.  temptation is to make it into one of the others but it just doesn't quite go that way.

this acrylic on linen was started in nov. of 08 and has been going thru revisions every couple of months, this may be it?