I’m trying a different way of combining the figure and the landscape here — the landscape is in the figure, rather than the other way around. I’m not sure what anyone else will make of it, but I’m rather liking it. Instead of being a straightforward narrative, the viewer has more freedom to create their own meaning. For some reason, as I was painting it, a verse of the Rubaiyat came to mind (verse 32 Fitzgerald trans.):
There was a Door to which I found no Key:
There was a Veil through which I could not see:
Some little Talk awhile of Me and Thee
There seemed — and then no more of Thee and Me
Not sure if this even fits the painting, or what it means, but that’s what came to mind.
susanskuseart 
How long did it take you to paint this masterpiece?
Hi. Glad you like it. I think it took me in the vicinity of 20 hours. Three painting days, basically.