work in progress II

Its been a busy and I felt very drained earlier- painting takes it out of me in a way nothing else does... after a full day I am left feeling hollow, emotionless (except bad tempered or intolerant) drained mentally like something has sucked my brain dry- its a peculiar feeling. Gin helps. And the Depeche mOde album exciter...



It looks a lot worse in real life, but then most paintings do- except Freud's, which look better. The photograph smoothes the edges and fills the gaps...