Crosshatchwork Mutework

I have always been interested in crosshatching and weaving effects.  The way a line or ribbon goes over another line, and then under another, has been part of my process since I began to paint.  There are several contemporary artists who use crosshatching especially using taping but I am an intuitive, expressionist and spontaneous artists using the scraping technique made famous by Richter. 
These pieces are made from multiple layers of acrylic paint applied over long periods of time, in some cases years. I paint using hand-made paddles or squeegees. I also use tilers’ notched tools to create striped and checked effects. 
In this piece I have tried to create an expressionist, free, and gestural crosshatching simply by using a scraper panel.  The gestural dynamism that is missing from using tape and other constructed ways of painting, which I love by the way, is what you feel here and it gives the piece a life and warmth I think.  It also produces random effects on the surface, interactions and weavings I did not plan.  Even the colour is mixed on the canvas, everything happens there.
This is a breakthrough piece for me and I am now developing crosshatch expressionism in various maquettes and canvases.  
The painting is signed and dated.  It comes with two free maquettes of acrylic on paper 40cm x 30cm worth $200.  They show how I created the process over time before trying to execute it on a large canvas.