Original Mixed Media (Acrylic, paper, pastel) on Canvas

This large canvas was actually used as my drop cloth for smaller paintings these past fifteen years. I also used it to try out new medias and techniques such as paper mache, sculpting mediums, spray paints, etc. This canvas has been exposed to nearly every painterly idea, good and bad, I've had in recent years.
At the beginning of 2025, while looking at the canvas (which looked like a train wreck at first glance), I began to see figures and forms peering back at me. The canvas wanted to be something other than a drop cloth. So, I put it on the floor and began to apply neutral acrylic paints until I those forms began to resemble the characters hoping to make themselves known.