I started this painting last week and now it is destroyed. Sometimes it's better to let go and this was one of those times. After I was working on it a while, it was obvious to me that the composition deserved a larger format. I would never be happy with the figure's size being reduced and losing its impact. Too much painting had already been done on the canvas to ever cover with a new painting. I've already restretched a new canvas onto the bars to start a new painting. The composition I just threw away will be redone on a minimum 6 ft canvas.
