open and closed

I'm in the process of trying to make my painting more like my sketchbook drawings (18 books are currently scanned in and up on my site under 'drawings'). In general, i see a back and forth over time between open and closed forms. That has always been a big question- how does one go from line to shape if the line doesn't connect to close a shape? The mind is good at filling in the gaps and accepting vague form, especially in drawing. In painting however, color begs the question- where and how does one color end and another begin. sharp or fuzzy? Not wanting to deal with all this perhaps explains why i love color field painting when it works. So here are a few recent little paintings.