Painting is an adventure for me, a world of mystery to be discovered. There is not a chance of becoming bored, if you have time to explore and take that opportunity. Lucky me, the last few months have offered ample time to explore several new aspects of painting, both through reading and with experimenting, all in an attempt to adapt these to my painting.

Last month, I withdrew several year-old-plus paintings from storage to take a closer look, and to reflect on my work over that time period. Remembering that I only tried to save the "good" ones, I was struck with how many remaing works in storage weren't really "good enough".  I did recall that in the fall I had purged several of my early paintings and wondered how a few  of these escaped the exacto knife and trash.  The painting below was one such painting that needed work. After looking at it from the across the room for a week of so, I started to make a number of continuous changes to bring it to where it is today (seen below.) 

(Original) 24" x 36" Oil on Canvas

This is the same painting, as finished, well so far. I am still looking at it.

Repaint 5/20/2020

This exercise has helped me better implement the fundamentals of painting into my work to better convey its intended mood. Many of the changes seen in this work, as it sits today, are the result of my having been able to work with a group of kind and helpful painters who have taught me so much. 

Well, here I am almost a year later and still futzing with this painting. For this redo, I decided to do a total restructure, other than Haystacks Rock that was at the center of the image. Here's where I am right now 

My work can be seen at Woodfield Fine Arts, 2253 Central Ave St Petersburg, 727-254-6981