I started my weekend piece yesterday, and, am just finishing. Seems like the older I get, the longer it takes to fit all the pieces together, and, sometimes more than one attempt. This is an 8x8 3D mixed media assemblage on a cradled wood canvas. The woods have always been my refuge. Where I go to re-center, shut out the noise of life, and, listen to the wisdom of Mother Nature.

Since spending much more time. Infact almost all my time with art and painting. Due to the influence and encouragement of Caroline, I have come across an unexpected difficulty. That is, when do I consider a painting finished. I seem to have a habit of constantly going back to something I'm working on and changing it slightly and adding more detail. The hardest thing lately is accepting its finished, and to move on. I wondered if anyone else finds this. Anyway, these are the latest two paintings I've been working on. The ship, with the mermaids closing in, during the attack. The above water scene. If you look at the bottom left you can see a mermaid under the water from above. The second is the same mermaid below the water looking up above with the flames from the ship reflected on the top of the water. These were going to be the last of this project to visually show the historic record of the event. But not quite happy, I am now working on a final two paintings, and adding more detail. Before moving onto a new subject. These could be a while as I am presently being distracted by the winter Olympics, and my study of Cartography.