I enjoyed making this work, I have always liked the fact that the imagination can make a place magical, can bring the sublime from out of the mundane. The work speaks about departure - on an adventure to a magical land - The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, being one of my favourite stories as a child - or just for a change of clothes, to put on a new 'skin' to go out. Either way, there are two halves to this painting, the empty space of the room and the solid presence of the wardrobe - the before and the after.
Oil on stretched canvas.