The painting is now at that dangerous stage; so close to being finished, and so easily ruined beyond repair. Making matters more difficult I am starting to doubt the concept. Is it working? Can the two parts be made to relate to each other?
One option I have toyed with is introducing a single red poppy into the bottom right corner (where there is writing currently). The idea is to connect the red poppy with my daughter's red sunhat. But I don't want to 'over use' the poppy metaphor.
A second idea is to colour one of the small photos that have spilled onto the ground with some yellow - again linking to my daughter in the top panel. Will this be too subtle?
I still intend to write Thomas Paine's quote through the black strip. This should soften the otherwise harsh black line.
So many choices still to be made, so many potential disasters!
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