Using copper leaves with an Australian subject...

After having used gold and silver leaves for my recent painting backgrounds, I was left with copper leaves as a last avenue for experimentation...

Recently, I was deeply moved after having discovered the music of an exceptional aboriginal artist,  named Gurrumul, who unfortunately died last year from chronic illness. I chose to depict a younger Gurrumul and I tried to emulate the Australian desert using torn copper leaves... I like the wild look of this painting!

P.S. This time I tried to balance fluid paint and impasto paint...