New Painting; Same Theme

I am working on a different version of the last larger painting. This one is only 9 x 12 so the development came much quicker. It's on the right. Only problem is when I photographed it, I found I was not happy with the woman's leg and/or shadows so I am going to rework it. Need to travel to West Palm Beach this weekend so I supposed I will tweak next week when I return.

Part III Redeveloping a Painting

Ok. So yesterday I spent the day tweaking my painting and this is my final product. I added some more words, a wave washing over the can with flowers. I also added some shadowing to the foliage that was hanging over the exterior of the basket. I added some additional highlights to the edges of the raft and to the petals that were drifting out to sea. What do you think?

Part II Redeveloping a Painting

March 8, 2010
I don't know WHY it takes me so very long to focus and get back to a painting.
Anyway, I am back and I have made a few more revisions. It seems as much as I would like be be 'realistic' in my paintings, I move into the folk-art, primitive area. -gotta work harder on that.

Anyway, I have added some words, "still alive but I'm barely breathing"..love that song... and still working on the flowers. To the right is what I have so far.

I made a distant island where my girl will drift in pain and sadness...aah 1st love. How bitter-sweet it is. -Glad that stage of life has past. It was no fun and I feel for my girlie.

I have also worked on the drifting girl and given her a little more definition but would like to add the 'shadow' or suggestion of body at the bottom...something like a boy watching her drift away.

I still see the shadow of what was there on the bottom..it's part of a body or arm. That also needs to go.

Let's see what develops.