I completed painting the pipeclay background today, the front and back of this rainbow lorikeet took 26.5 hours working in oils. Their body was found deceased and then decomposed in the autumn of 2024 as part of a shroud set at Gallóglaigh, Tomboye. The central shroud figure is intriguing due to the line formed around the body by dirt blown in and the beak and eye adhering to the canvas. I have drawn the silhouette of a tree hollow around them as though their spirit is returning to a tree hollow in the afterlife.