Blast away

Well, i think i managed to finagle a shift. The struggle to bring some of the pieces that were mostly finished but not yet cherished has finally brought some reward, and relief. The colors that i had were causing me some grief- decidedly foreign to me, i would describe them as 'particularly feminine'. It's vaguely embarrasing sometimes- after all, i'm a macho man ; ) I had arrived at a deep yet chalky purple that made me want to wretch. A mawkish combinatation that could be used for a purpose, but inappropraiate for the painting. At least it turned out to be a good undercolor for the greengrey that it had ended up with.





Another i had received early complements on, and felt compelled to leave. But in the end, it's my painting that i've got to live with having created, and i knew it needed a push. So i made it a bit more intense and brought out more contrast in color and tone. And now i think i could live with it (though it would look fabulous on one of your walls, i'm sure!).





And I might still have a few more tweaks in store.