Maybe....

just maybe, i can put this one to rest!   this painting has been on my wall for the past 3 weeks or so, i look at it each day i'm in my studio, i KNOW it's not working....too much contrast, too much blueness....anyway, i've just spent the last few hours screwing around with it....sometimes i wonder - why????   hahahaha....lots of artists have this same feeling, what is it all for?  Well actually i do have a very good idea why.....brings me such pleasure (and pain and frustration), helps me become a more patient person i believe, and another thing doing all this painting has taught me is about letting go!   All too often we hang onto things, ideas, feelings etc., that we actually have no further use for....and letting go is sometimes very challenging!   Being able to look at a piece of paper, that i have spent hours and hours  painting on, not to mention the cost of all that paint etc., and be willing to make a bigger mess in some cases (as was with this one!) and then move on is very freeing.

Rosapina paper, 22" x 30", cold wax and oil.

So i'm almost sure (!!!) it is done!   well for today anyway!

Sunny day - cold and a slight bit of flurries in the air.  And thanks so much for all the lovely comments on my blip anniversary yesterday, makes me smile to realise there are still a few folks out there that i'm connected to....very grateful x