First Artwork of 2021

'The Coming Year' Fion Gunn 2021, acrylic, handmade papers, collage, gold leaf, 81 x 50cm

I managed to finish this work today after a journey that spans more than 25 years. I began painting the bull back in the early 1990s when I began my Greek Cycle but put it aside for a long time because I felt it was a long way from being finished. Back in October 2020 I took it out again to review it - in the light of the upcoming Year of the Ox and things began to fall into place. In making it, I have tried to embody my wishes for a year of energy and flexibility and that the predatory wings of 2020 should fly past us.