Maybe for some, but there is a consistency to the manic paint application and mark making throughout the painting which I like. The hedge as a subject seems quite ordinary and its in the struggle to make it more than this that I find interesting. I remember a tutor telling me don’t put mountains or sunsets in your landscapes, I would add cows and sheep to that, but for different reasons. Its the transformation of the ordinary, that is the challenge, but its also the most difficult thing to do. For me this is the direction that I should be following. The painting is finished.
Old hedge