I would not have called it a painting, I would have called it 3D art, which is what I do on my elfwood gallery.

Or it could have been called a hybrid - 'photo manip' of 3D art, what so many here call postwork. But I would just call it 3D art myself.

Calling it a painting invited that line of attack by letting people 'assume' you were trying to hide the 3D underneath.

But it is a nice piece.

Truth has no value without backing by unfounded belief.
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