This is my sister Emily hiding out in the woods, i’m trying to suggest that she might have something to hide, or maybe did something that requires hoping in a hole in the woods. The original image is a bright beautiful shot taken by Emily at the Quabbin, I decided to turn the lights off and make it more dramatic. The light coming in from the right is artificial, and pretty cool if I may say so. I wanted it to feel like someone had just discovered Emily up to no good. The shadows are all painted in as is the hole in the ground…if you expand the image you can see the brush-work.