Planet of the Clown Bird Worms

EDIT: uploaded a photo rather than the crappy scan I posted the other day which made all the colours come out way too shrill. This is SO MUCH NICER and more representative of the original -- WHYEVER do they tell us that scanning is the way to go when digitizinga artwork? Nothing substitutes for good natural light IMHO.

One of the good things about moving house is, one has to go through all one's stuff. I found a little stack of abandoned artwork (and a few completed paintings that I had completely forgotten I had ever done, talk about Alzheimer's!).

This watercolour space landscape was started a few years ago, must have been when I was still participating in John Howe's monthly theme challenges - guess I did this for one of the Science Fiction themes way back when. I got as far as the luminous pink clouds and pyramidical cristalline mountains, but was stuck for a foreground. So when I dug this up now, I started doodling and these space clown flamingo worm things appeared... don't ask me wherefrom.

Sometimes I seriously wonder what my brain looks like on the inside.