When you’re not happy with a painting change it

 

Before and after

The painting on the left was okay, but I didn’t like it. I put it online about a week ago, and took it down the next day to revise it. I photographed it again, and relisted it. The photo above on the left was taken after the first revision I made. I thought I could live with it the way it was, but it kept gnawing at me. I still didn’t like it, but I had already revised it once. I kept asking myself if I really wanted to go through all that again. It’s a lot of work to pull something down that’s already online. Still, the thought of this painting hanging on someone’s wall nearly drove me crazy. I couldn’t stop thinking about how much I disliked it. I knew I couldn’t let it go out the door like this, so I changed it. Boy, did I, huh?  

Whoa, right?! 

The only thing I left the same was the vase. I changed the flowers, and background. Now, I like it..finally. No, actually I LOVE it. I think it might be my new favorite. 

This painting took me about a month to paint, but it taught me a good lesson. If I’m not happy with a painting, I need to keep working on it until I am. Otherwise, it’s going to cost me much more time and energy. I’ve photographed and edited photos of this painting 3 times. If I had just listened to the little voice inside my head telling me to slow down, and keep painting, it would have saved me a ton of work.  

Flower Series 148 
16×20 Still life floral painting
Impasto palette knife painting
Mixed media collage art
Available for purchase here