The Ultimate Alphabet: The Letter A

An angel in yellow and scarlet robes hovers over a stone arcade with her arms out, while an airship, a biplane, an autogyro flying upside down and an Australian flag share the sky behind her. The carved archway framing it all crawls with alligators, an armadillo, an abbot with his crozier and an ace of spades. Mike Wilks hid 361 A words in here; the aqueduct, the aardvark and the ark on the horizon are three of the easier ones.

Grey stone and pale cloud take up a lot of room and both repeat, so the framing arch tends to go together well before the middle does. Finished size 68.6 x 50.8cm.