January 17, 2019 - Firstly, Happy 2019 everyone! Hope you all had a good holiday season. wishing you all the best for this coming year. Over the past month or so, I’ve been picking away on a painting that's almost exactly the same as one I’d painted back in 2015. About halfway through, I got curious, And dug into my hard drive to find a shot of the old one, and was really surprised at how differently things are being handled after painting foliage-based stuff for the past 4 years. Since it’s essentially the same painting, it feels like it’s easier to evaluate things on a 1:1 basis. While several variables have changed (different time of year I took the pic, different camera, lens, lights) it was still a validating experience to see how much the painting approach has…