Sometimes artists experience wonderful insights into the creation of a piece of art. That was definitely not the case with this painting. In fact, I had started a completely different painting on this canvas that I was mostly happy with, but decided to “push it just a little farther.” Bad choice. Several inappropriate words were said. I had morphed what had been a “mostly OK” painting into something I wanted to chuck out the window. And run over with a tank. And shove down the disposal (except for the negative impact that would have had on the environment, not to mention the mess in my sink that would have created). So, being incredibly unhappy with the current painting, and frustrated that I had second-guessed my original design, I started mixing the paint that was already on the canvas into something circular in nature. Circles have always fascinated me. They are organic and geometric at the same time. I have never come across another geometric shape in nature besides the circle. No animals are born from a square or cube, but then along comes an egg yolk! Or that red, green, orange, yellow, and black stuff they put on sushi (tobiko/masago for you foodies who are irked by my use of “stuff”). Water drops that have splashed into water, risen out of the water, and hovered just before falling back down are nice little spheres. The irises of one’s eyes (not to mention the pupils) are circles. The planets are spheres (don’t get too technical with me here… I understand the spinning motion of the planets causing them to bulge at their equators, but we’re going to ignore that). Needless to say, the circle/sphere is an amazing shape/form. As I was smearing around the paint on the canvas (“smearing” is a very technical, classy, artistic word by the way), I realized that the color scheme I had going was very rich in fall-like colors. This painting reflects the green leaves of the deciduous trees changing to yellow, orange, and red, while at the same time relying on the sun that is at the center of everything. I think the older I get, the more amazed by nature I am. When I was younger, I was more like, “Yeah cool, whatever.” Now I am more like, “Woah, that’s so freakin’ amazing!” All of the other descriptions of pieces of art on my website have been written with a professional tone to them, but this painting is a testament to the imperfect situation in which I found myself when creating it. I’m not perfect, nor is this painting. Let us all celebrate the imperfect beings that we are.