And So The Story Goes

That title came to mind as I was working on this new painting:

After the last painting was finished I was so pumped and excited to begin the next.  Which of course is a great feeling.  These images are not pre-planned.  I sit down at the canvas with some paint on my brush and start moving it around making lines criss crossing up and down... moving.  As I continue to move my brush an image starts to emerge to me in  the jumble and I start to darken the image as I see it.  It begins to move and take form.  Until eventually the image is solid and exactly how I like it. 

From there I begin to use texture and color to build and record what my mind is telling me.  I have it connect to the last image or group of images I'm painting because of the keywords and topics I'm thinking about at the time.  I work and paint until I can stand back and say, "That looks just about right".

And so the Story Goes...