Meet "Lanterns to Read By"

Although the sketch for this painting evolved from thought to completed drawing very quickly, I had to scrap the first painting and redo the entire piece again... sigh.

Alas, it is my Achilles heel, that I have a tendency to overwork a piece when I should just let it be and come back to it refreshed. So, sometimes my critters end up with fraternal twins who live out their days in my portfolio of reminders that less is more, more often than not!