6”x 6” Acrylic on Masonite I am back. I used to read artists blogs that would say. “It feels good to be back.” I never really knew what they were talking about until now. It feels good to be back! I have a newly found fire in me to paint after being gone for this past week. After trying to juggle a garage sale, toys coming out of my ears, old spring cleaning, I won’t even try to describe the state of our front closet, and a dinning room table full of papers, I decided to take a week off from painting and blogging to get my house in order, so that I could come back with a “clean” conscious. It seems to have worked so far, I managed to spend the entire day painting and loving every minute of it. This first painting back has me dealing with light interacting with the figure. I think you’ll probably see more of this theme from in the future. I am also really thrilled that I was able to use red, which I am really fond of, but have rarely used in my recent paintings.