Happy accident??

Tonight I put lit candles throughout the house, it seems to have become a ritual now on child-free evenings, and it is usually accompanied by sushi...mmmm!.... later I discovered wax was dripping onto this painting. A portrait of my ex's cousin, it was promised to my ex- Aunty inlaw (Aunty ex-law?) around 15 years ago. Every 3-5 years I work on the painting, along with another one of his brother, and I vow to finish them.
Photo realism and painting portraits from photo's is tedious and boring --usually boring to look at as well. I thought I might actually get rid of them this time because they're so close to being finished, so when I turned and saw the wax dripping on dear cousin Jamie my first response was "Oh s#$% ! Upon further examination it seems to have made an unsual and pleasing effect. The painting medium is oil on stretched watercolour paper, and I find that the textures of the paper, the wax and the smooth paint seem to compliment one another. I might leave it as it is and keep the painting to myself (I don't think Aunty exlaw will like the wax).
I'm hoping the wax doesn't absorb the pigment out of the paint, in case I decide to peel it off....that might have a cool effect too.... who knows?.