After 4 weeks without painting I picked up work on a canvas showing a tree and a clearing. I fiddled around with the colours in the lighter areas, did not like what I saw and washed the wet paint partly away. And suddenly there was this woman looking at me. I highlighted her eyes, nose and mouth and the outline of her face and now ... now I have a woman that is a clearing. Who is she? What is she? I do not know but I like her. All I am sure about: With this one I'm definitely not in Kansas anymore.