Painting Again

Well, I finished the last painting--see it at left--and Carmen bought it. I was thrilled and am happy that such a nice and intelligent person likes it well enough to buy it.

So now I have started a new painting. I was considering changing the scene to a winter landscape but I think I'll still stick with the same image and see what happens.The winter scene I've visualized is kind of whitish silver and various tints of blue with orange squirrels and bright red birds. It would be kind of like a glorified Christmas card but I'd have to work hard to avoid being too commercial and quaint.

When I was making the last painting, I was trying to reproduce the scene from the painting I had just completed, although I knew it would be somewhat different because while the previous painting had been 8" X 10", this painting was 10" X 10".

But as I was painting, the birds evolved into these larger more exotic birds with brightly-colored feathers;  the squirrels changed color from being light brown to being light gold and pink. And then I was surprised when cats appeared, bright red ones engaging in dramatic actions.

At left, you can see another section of the painting with the cat, the emerald green and royal blue bird, the light golden squirrel, and the red cat about to pounce on the squirrel.








At right you can see a part of the picture I like a lot. It's of two birds having a lively shouting match. I really

like the energy of their argument.

So the process brought surprises and perhaps if I keep painting this same scene, more surprises will arise, and the scene itself might at some point be entirely transformed.

So I think I'll continue reproducing the same scene but again, this one will be different because it will by larger: 12" X 12" instead of 10" X 10". And you never know what might happen.