spring bloom has bloomed

finally finished...

but let me tell you -

this painting was torture

and if the art process was always like this...

well I would quit painting...

 it started like this -

an innocent beginning...

 but soon advanced to getting every art supply out of every drawer

to try and steer it in the right direction.

I blogged about the plan for the painting here -

innocent enough I thought...

 but soon it was clear to see that my plan for stamping was too busy,

and the composition didn't work 

(no photos - too painful)

so I covered all the stamping with paper flowers,

but I had too many 

so I scraped some of them away...

 and added and subtracted

and finally got to something I liked...

 that made me happy...

and ready to bloom.

This painting will be for sale at 

The Up Front Art Gallery In Issaquah

during their 150 Feet of Art fundraiser in May.