Ghosts II

I found some unryu paper that had quite large fibers in it. It seemed like it could be an interesting material to play with in my ghost series. I wanted to work with images of reptiles that I'd seen around my studio, specifically the northwestern garter snake and the western skink. I painted an image on a panel in black. Then I glued the paper over it and happily found that it was transparent enough to show the image through. Perfect. I laid down another layer over that to increase the tangle of fiber.
I began to paint highlights on the top, working with the transparency and glazing. I liked the image, but a ghost figure kept jumping into my mind. So naturally, I put it into the painting.