In my process, I primarily use oil, acrylic, oil pastels and graphite. Typically, I will use many layers of paint and mark making as well as blending to achieve my desired affects. While painting many of my marks and brush strokes are made to classical music. In particular, Cello and Violin Concertos. I am particularly fond of Vivaldi.
People often ask, how do you know when a painting is done? There is a painter from New Zealand that I greatly admire Doreen McNeill she summed it up the best " I paint till the painting becomes alive and then I stop!". She believed as I do that you should stop at that point regardless. If you continue it may kill the painting. I don't make pretty paintings I make paintings that matter. For me, I do Art for Art's Sake.