This is my last piece of commissioned painting before Christmas - a wooden disc with a portrait of the bear Peanut on it. This can be used for a Christmas tree ornament or hung up on view all the year round. I deliberately made it un-Christmassy! The disc is only about 2.5 inches across, so most of this had to be painted with the assistance of my magnifying lens headset.
This is the back of the disc, a watery pattern. When the ornament is sent off to it's recipient, it will have a better hanging cord, not a piece of old string! The string was used while the varnish was drying.
So while I have a few painting commissions waiting in the wings for after Christmas, it's time to take a bit of a break and re-charge my batteries while geting ready for Christmas and my impending 60th birthday. 60? I never thought I'd make it past 40!
