My sincerest compliments, Andy--a true stunner!
Your painting is again, top-notch. You know, it's funny, but sometimes, after all the fancy "trick" finishing techniques are dismiised with, sometimes just good "ol' fashioned" hand-painting is, and can be, the perfect application for a technique that just works the best.
You've certainly proved that! My hat's off to you!
But the best thing about your posts are the little British expressions I pick up from you--"cheap as chips" --I'll have to use that when I'm "over there" inect week for most of the summer!