Final Critique

= finished painting!

As you can see from my facial expression, I've struggled with this painting. Maybe it was the size, maybe it was the face, but I'm so happy to be done. It still doesn't quite "sing", but it hums along nicely and the longer I look, the louder the humming gets.

Since I look so grim, I decided to title this work No Coffee Yet. It adds a bit of a story to the piece.

Sometimes when I'm sitting in front of the work for days and hours, I find that I can't really judge it. But after a few days (or weeks) at a distance I discover small things that I like about it. I'm hoping that's what will happen with this painting.

Meanwhile, it's going in the show here on Thursday.