The more I have worked in oils, the thicker and more varied my paint application has become. The painting above is a simple design of a single pomegranate on its side. This is an extremely simple composition and it let me play with my brush work. It may be hard to tell but the paint is thicker than previous paintings (this was done back in December). At the time I was in such a rush to find a style that I wasn't experimenting as much as I should have been and this little painting helped me see that developing a style takes a lot of time. Up until this painting I was content on my application of paint and was more focused on developing my compositional sense.

Recently I picked back up my palette knife after setting it down to work exclusively with the brush. For me I need more time to experiment with as many tools as possible. The thing that was stopping me (I was stopping myself but this is my way of blaming others) was being surrounded by so many good artist here in the region that paint in a specific manner. Whether it be exclusively brushes, knifes or a mix of both, these artist have put in the time and realized what is needed to convey what they want to show people. Patience is a virtue and its something that I'm doing my best to build up. With more time and practice my technique will improve so I can get down to showing what I see.  One day perhaps I will find that elusive style that flows from me. Until then I will search under all the rocks around not knowing what it looks like, but will just enjoy flipping over rocks.