Composing a painting

So OK here it is :
Like I said I had some 'painter's block' and have not finished a painting all fall. Many of the concepts I had just did not pan out, so I have been thinking about the act of composing, rather than the actual composition. When I have a block I often look through magazines, books, old calenders, and my own photos in hopes they spark an inspiration.
Keeping in mind that I was thinking of composing in a very physical way, I decided to compose a painting about composing. A painting of creation - the photos show my inspiration pictures, hands creating and some sea landscapes. I liked the weather beaten fence in one and the color of the waves in the other, I will improvise a sky, not having found one I liked.
Next comes hours of sketching on paper to get things right. I needed to use my own hands for some poses. More pictures to come as I transfer the ideas to canvas :)

Mother

This face was a quick inspiration. An idea that came to me after reading about an art contest. I took the envrionmental theme of mother earth quite literal. It is a 12x16 acrylic set temporarily in a mat. I had plans for a frame of planets, and made some out of clay, but they did not compliment the painting so were used else where.

I'm happy that people would like to see a work in progress, but sad there are so few who voted, if your new there is still time :)

Reflections of Dusk

This 16x20 acrylic straight out of my imagination was compleated a few weeks ago. More faces in things I suppose, perhaps a tad more obvious than I intended at first. I like it and I hope you will too :)

Sea

This 11x14 landscape was an instructional painting I did with a class. More often than not I don't finish or paint over what I have done with a class, having often over worked in areas where students needed further demonstration. I like this one fine, so it stands. Now that my summer teaching is over I hope to not only get a few things to share painted, but also take some photos of the things I have that I would like to share. Thanks for visiting!

update

No new pictures for today - I'll work on having some soon. If you like supporting libraries and would like to own the little flowers in the Celtic knot, take a ride to the East Longmeadow library and check out their fund raiser, I donated it last week. Have a good day!