For me, the excitement in my abstract art comes when I do something I haven't done before, or see something I haven't seen before. It is the new effect that comes out of an old effect. This week it came about by putting bright oranges and reds in the middle of a more subtle, pale background of off-whites and yellows. I am working on two canvases--switching from one to the other, or taking a break in between to let the image "sit" for awhile in my consciousness. Here is stage three of my second canvas:
Here it is at stage 2:


