I love paths through the woods. This work was inspired by a path to my favourite beach but I changed the spruce trees to birch trees. It isn't unusual for me to use a real place as a stepping stone to an imaginary scene. I love to create landscapes I can get lost in as I am working. the title refers to the fact that I took another path in creating this work.

  This piece features a lot of layering of colour. The trunks of the trees have several layers of colour built up to give depth and almost a glowing quality. The sky was painted in several layers which was then almost covered by leaves which were painted with brush and sponge. The path and foreground was created with layers and then I actually sponged a bit of the foreground as well.