For most of my life I’ve tried to please other people in what I do…my parents, my teachers, friends and family. But this time, I’ve given up trying to please or fit in with expectations in my painting. I’m not trying to ‘go abstract’ remain ‘figurative’, or meet any criteria. These two paintings are just to please me, to express a thought, a memory which came to me out of the blue. One of the paintings is an older one which I’ve reworked. The other was sort of connected when I began it and then just morphed into itself. Maybe it’s finished or maybe not but it’ll do for now. Considering when a painting is finished is an interesting idea and worth following up.
