I started this painting some time ago and showed you a glimpse of it as it was a move away from using blues as a main colour palette. That was some time ago and since then I have had many thoughts on how it was going to evolve with a lot of time just looking at the canvas and a lot of time waiting for the weather to improve so I could get outdoors and paint. I have put detail in then taken it out, I have looked at it again and changed the shading. I watched a movie that I had seen many years ago by Roman Polanski - The Fearless Vampire Killers - as I remembered it being so beautifully filmed and styled. I have even taken my title from that movie as that part of the script had always stayed with me. It was going to be a figurative painting but I spray painted it out to a portrait. Then after painting some final detail in I went out on an errand and lost my spectacles. I have an old pair of spectacles I can wear for now although the lenses are not as clear. The painting is finished and I have started a couple of new pieces that I will post about soon.
