This is an original full color artwork initially inspired, Terry writes, by a Beckett story "LESSNESS" ("Sans" in the original French) - "although my visualisation is far removed from the actual text (one that has haunted me for years).  I would say Oakes is NOT far from removed from Beckett, despite his protestations, if one views Beckett as an antidote to a world where everything is reduced to easily assimilable, shorter and shorter bite-sized snippets designed to provoke the crudest emotions of mirth or outrage . . .  Beckett’s texts are messages from another planet, one right on the edge of known experience or comprehension. (from a very edifying blog on the topic, see https://astrofella.wordpress.com/2021/01/08/lessness-samuel-beckett/)  It's a major piece by Terry, in acrylic on gessoed hardboard, 22" x 15" plus 1" border and signed bottom right corner.