This is what the previous painting from "First Painting of the Year " blog turned into. These paintings testify that so many different thoughts come to me while I'm making art and in this series I allow myself to choose which influence I focus on to complete the painting. This is very different from the approach of knowing your image and content and staying with it. I don't have a title for it yet but the fact that I recently booked a flight to Hawaii must have had some influence in this painting. I have been to Hawaii numerous times and absolutely love it.