What a Process!

It has been more than a month since I have posted. I have been in a sort of frenzy trying to get some new paintings completed, then all of a sudden I looked around the studio and have finished 4 fairly large paintings and several small ones. My process is one of discovery and requires some level of patience (which is not one of my stronger qualities!) I thought I would share the evolution of the painting I shared early in January...

This is the painting at the point of discovering a story....

A lot going on here, I was refining the figures and saw a "creature" in the right corner, but was stumped on a plan of attack...

When in doubt drip some more paint!

Working on the faces, still not sure if there is a creature or if it is a plant?

The creature on the right finally surfaced, but at this point I felt the painting needed to be simplified. I actually ended up paining over most of the background with grey paint..a moment of insanity or bravery, not sure which...

The final painting. I call it "I am". I noticed that in my last few big pieces I have been putting a little "soul" somewhere in the painting...this one has the little guy on the bottom left...