Anywhere But Here - Groundless

I'm not sure where its piece is going. It's taken from a small sketch I did on a scrap of paper about 6 years ago. Somehow the concept was compelling and I kept the paper scrap all this time.

It's pretty big, 1000 x 600 cm so there's lots of space for me to explore but I'm not sure that I'm in the right space for this painting anymore.

You see, I started to paint this (and 2 other pieces) a few days before we found a house in Sedgefield. I was feeling trapped and stuck but all that's changed. Now I feel unstable and groundless. I'm really looking forward to the move on a personal level but, like any move, it certainly has affected me psychologically and that directly influences my painting.

I think that if I try to merge the concepts of groundlessness and stagnation I will either end up with a vacuous waste of canvas or a work of aching brilliance.

I should probably just pack it away and only work on it again once I'm settled in Sedgefield but I'm compelled to keep looking at it, thinking about what goes under his feet, in the sky above his head and what the sun/moon behind him sees.