Thanks for your comments and wungu, good luck with that mountain I hope you will cross it safely and smoothly! and It's just like life to put those high walls, but our eyes lie to us, the walls are actually steps to a better phase.

I like the symbolism in this painting - steps under the archway (a pathway to follow or not but we cannot really tell where it goes); the stone walls (seemingly solid and blocking the way); the seemingly small insignificance of the human figure (yet that is the one element in the picture capable of reason and decision making)

... and this seems to be a journey for you in your art - placing your character in a setting and not simply as a portrait ... I love that. By the way, if you watch the playback and turn off the background half way through this is also a bridge between anime with the hard outline to a picture where the colours and tones make the shapes and edges without an outline - sort of anime meets waterclour = exciting possibilities and I look forward to seeing more ... right no I have the next bit of my mountain to tackle