Moonlighting final ... Brain supplanted passion with this one!

As I parted from my original idea, this painting became more of a ground for experimentation...

Nonetheless, I like the way the idea behind it evolved... definitely some smoke and mirrors here! The painting after some further modeling...

I now want to give a go at "chimney soot" on raw cotton canvas, perhaps an opportunity to develop my own pictorial language... one that combines everything that matters to me!