In the thick of it.

                                                       large garden. oil on canvas.72x56 ins

I read a piece today about being in the painting which seemed about right. Also it feels right that being in the painting is conjoined with being in the thing painted and that the painting is in me. I noted before that I have taken to work up close to the support so that I try to immerse myself in the process of painting, of the texture and touch and only see the whole later, when of course it could be all wrong.