April Showers in November

As is often true, I retreat into a boxier style when I've been away from the studio for a while. But I'm pleased to see the textures in this one have grown more lush; there's a restlessness to it, a sense that joy lies just beneath, ready to bloom forth at the slightest provocation of sun and showers... And yet, if you rotate it 90 degrees counter-clockwise, it becomes a bit stagnant and predictable. Perhaps it's a reminder it's not life that's troublesome, or boring; it's just how we're looking at it...