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Here is what I'm working on now. I'm shifting away from the representational maps and returning to the previous line and shape studies. This time, I want to take it in a different direction. Instead of using 2 or 3 lines throughout the canvas to create the design, I chose to make many small shapes intersecting and overlapping each other- in order to use shapes that resemble the free-form, lumpy and sometimes straight-edged shapes that make up country border lines... I hadn't planned to fill in the shapes, but rather use various patterns to delineate spacial relationships, districts, if you will...i think having background color will add to the interest and variation, though. It adds another layer to the overall idea....literally....^^