I started this painting as a demo in the store and I've been painting on it here and there for months now. I finally reached the point where my son Paul said, "I don't why you're still painting on it. It's perfect the way it is." *L* Sometimes the most valuable asset an artist has is someone to pull them gently away from the canvas.

Smaug © J.R.R. Tolkien
Photo refs from "The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug"/ Peter Jackson/ WETA Studios

Grumbacher Academy acrylic paints on 18x24 canvas