The creative process is imaginative and occasionally easy and effortless. Other times agonizing and difficult. This artwork of the MAY be finished. Friends have told me to stop, sign and move on. I’m not sure they are right, and will ponder the artwork and my original intention. To see the finished piece, plan on attending the Ojai Studio Downtown Mini-tour on July 11. Some 12 artists will have their studios open on that day from 10 until 5. Free. Put the date on your calendar and I’ll be happy to show you my finished painting. Although I may have placed it in a drawer to bring out on some future date to see the painting with ‘fresh” eyes, removed from all the preconceptions associated with the subject. That’s where the “suffering artist’ comes from. lol.