think i just need to write

 this series comes from a personal space.  i think for me its mostly about sharing, maybe people will makes sense of the image as it pertains to myself, maybe not. they might find their own meaning in it. i am interested in what my art brings up for others as well as myself.  that is probably nothing new. i like that idea...if that makes sense.

 i am reexamining my ideas for  the growth series. I'm not exactly sure where I'm going.  but i am engaged and going...thinking. at this point i figure what I'm doing is portraits that have an element of unpersonified growth  to them.  I'm not sure if the series will  to focus on the  unersonified aspects more than the figure  but i do want to play with those to things together... we'll see as i go through painting them. With the paint in mind, I'm trying to let go and develop a more painterly hand. more gesture and thicker layers, while also maintaining  attention to detail.

I've started with the first one  and had a thought,  whether or not to make the meat stand out  from the figure through different lighting ( figures in the red light, while the meat in regular warm lighting) or have the meat  and the person in the same lighting scheme.... i will play around with this quality a bit more.
 progression: