The picture is an accumulation of various images which the artist worked on over a period of time. The original image was a gnarled tree in a landscape. Figures were added and subtracted then a mountain established on the left hand side. Paint was pushed around in an abstract way till it suggested another element - a darkish interior on the right. At this point the artist added a wallpaper pattern using a stencil on the right and then it became clear
 that a central paring of figures would potentially work in the centre, straddling the interior and exterior