Thanks for the suggestion. It is normally a good idea to collaborate, I've enjoyed the projects I've done that with but I am almost finished with this one. I don't think I'd characterize myself as competing anyway. I think that an infinite number of artists can paint a subject and they will all be different and worth doing/looking at.

"Your work is to keep cranking the flywheel that turns the gears that spin the belt in the engine of belief that keeps you and your desk in midair."

Annie Dillard