. " .... at that pace, i would not finish the painting until next spring.bruce - now it is nearly next spring. i do hope u r well! intersting post as per usual. i first thought was that working on such a large scale flat, using a the squaring up technique, esepcially of something essentailly abstract... there is a danger of not being able to stand back & get a distant ovrall view of the art work. pi" . . .