In the middle of a painting, it's good to be back to the studio. Photo by me

It is so good to be back in the studio again, especially when a painting I started before escaping for a weeks holiday looked just as good to me now as I remembered.

It is always enlightening to work on a piece, and then remove yourself totally from it for a time…sometimes overnight, but a week is even more telling.  It just helps to look at it fresh.

Luckily with this painting of the winter garden bird’s nest I had started the week before, it looks just as interesting to me now as when I left it mid-stroke. It should be a fun week getting back in to it.