Loosening Up

White Mums
8 x 10 Oil Painting
by Pat Fiorello
$300

Been exploring a bit with loosening up from some of the more realistic still life painting. I painted the one below in a class last week and it was pretty loose and I felt maybe too loose, not sure if it actually read as mums, so the next day I tried again and came up with the version above. Still playing around with different places on the continuum from loose to specific and what balance I want to strike. Will continue to share my explorations and learnings.

White Mums Class Study