Ready to ride!

Wow....is it really done? Artists always have a hard time knowing when to stop. There is no magic genie that comes out and tells you..."yes, it's done, now stop!" What I do now is to let it "mellow" for a while- which for me means to set it aside in my studio and just look at it, for a while, every now and then. I've caught so many mistakes that way! Sometimes just catching it out of the corner of my eye, and then a light bulb moment comes and you just know why a section of your painting has proved troublesome. Sometimes the value needs adjustment, sometimes those troublesome areas need to be shadowed off to make them less prominent. This painting will mellow for a while, and any adjustments I make will be minor ones. When I started this painting, it was freezing out and there was a lot of snow on the ground. Now, the trees are leafing out and the daffodils, hyacinths, and my blue poppies are blooming. It's been a looooong ride!!
Next project? I have no idea right now. And it's fun. I love to browse through my reference material to see what inspires....