"In Hiding" Painting

Oil on 6mm MDF panel - 2022. The painting is dry, but not yet varnished. It needs a few more months of completelly drying before a varnish is beeing applied. I plan on applying the coat of varnish somewhere after the New Year. hiding1 /ˈhʌɪdɪŋ/ Learn to pronounce nounINFORMAL a physical beating. "they caught him and gave him a hiding" Similar: beating battering thrashing thumping pounding pummelling drubbing slapping smacking spanking hammering cuffing thwacking mauling pelting flogging flaying whipping caning lashing cudgelling clubbing birching licking belting bashing pasting lathering larruping walloping whacking clobbering tanning biffing bopping horsewhipping whaling a severe defeat. "if they'd played badly they might have expected a hiding"