An update on the painting that is taking me longer than it should to finish.... After doing the text I decided the background needed more work so I'm painting some layers over that and will have to go back in and re-paint the words. I like how the fade is coming along though from left to right. I also started the background on another canvas tonight that will be part of a diptych that I am pretty excited about. These new works involve fairly plain backgrounds and pretty bold, isolated text, which is new for me but I am enjoying the challenge.