This small painting on paper has very little to do with what I’ve been doing over the last two weeks.  (No post last weekend as I was dancing tango in Totnes).  But this was an enjoyable, (not to mention, necessary), diversion from another much larger painting that I’ve been obsessing over.

I usually have anything up to a dozen paintings on the go at once.  This keeps the energy flowing from one to another and stops me getting ‘stuck’.  But every now and again a piece I am working on starts to bug me, and I can get no satisfaction until I finish it.

 Hopefully, I’ll be able to post an image of the completed larger painting soon.  But don’t bet on it!  It’s proving to be a reluctant canvas.  If I can introduce some discipline I’ll set it aside for a while and come back to it afresh.  But meanwhile, and in contrast, I wanted to let my hair down for an hour or so and be a little more expressive.  This was the result.  Its only 25x30cm but has given me more satisfaction than the rest of the work I’ve done for the past fortnight.