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This painting was done during lockdown, using a very grainy photo of Flinders Petrie outside one of the empty tombs he lived in when excavating in Egypt, early in his association with the Egypt Exploration Society , and it taught me a lot.

Here you see the whole painting, using entirely earth colours and some salt effects. I chased tones all round the image, and then sat back...

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I sat back, cross eyed and a bit blurred with all that tonal work - and discovered the dog.

I hadn't realised he was there, looking at the photograph! In fact, even now I know he's there, looking at my original photo, it's not clear.

So now I know to try to trust the process.

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The same tone-chasing gave me Flinders Petrie himself, standing casually against the rock, hands behind his head..

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