This piece is starting to take on overtones of worship as opposed to a simple exercise in painting. Perhaps that's entirely appropriate given the strong element of cave art that's running in it. Sometime late last week a title suggested itself - Earthen Moon.
Given the way it seems to be largely painting itself this thinking mind sorts through the threads and comes to the thought that it's a current deep in the primal bedrock of this human male, and he's giving expression to a relentless love for the female principle running through the planet, or perhaps for the ideal woman he's not yet met in human form.
Perhaps I should doodle in somewhere the image of a lone wolf howling at the moon. Just kidding.
It's not very obvious in this digital image but one of the things that came along suggesting itself is the bit of blue towards the top front of the head. It was a flash of reflection off some still wet paint that said 'blue' to me, so I applied some with my index finger. I rather like the way it takes a step away from the earthen colours and introduces a piece of the modern world with its access to the whole spectrum. Just following orders again there, and happy to do so. 
But manager mind is getting it's way too. The finish was beginning to look a bit too slick, so I scrubbed some white over the lower sections of the canvas to add some texture and am pleased with the result. The original issue that concerned me about this piece, that it was suspiciously like "chick art" is beginning to recede. So on we go.
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