Having had these two paintings side by side, I’ve decided they won’t have islands (as I suspected while waiting for the paint to dry). Until I put them next to one another I’d thought they were the same size, but turns out one’s a little taller and narrower. Most likely one was a metric canvas and the other imperial.
These paintings will amongst those in my exhibition at Skyeworks Gallery in April.
A couple of details from the paintings, which gives you a glimpse of what the iridescent white adds:

