Windy Wash Day

This painting comes close to that magical accident Dylan Thomas referred to in the writing of poetry. It was made over thirty years ago of washing strung beneath trees on a windy day in Yorkshire.
 
The same magical accident can occur between artist and model, usually towards the end of an overly laboured painting session, when both have thrown discretion to the winds.
 
I might qualify the rare occurrence of a magical accident by saying: the better the artist, the more often the accident works in his favour.