order spilling into chaos

i was going for richly textured detail today, along with tonal harmony, but i think i spilled over into chaos. by the time i was done, the sun was low on the horizon and it was too late to start over. knowing when to stop is one of the hardest things for me when i am creating.  i was aiming for something that would be on first glance engaging, but that would also reward the viewer upon closer and closer inspection. this doesn’t have an open enough structure to invite a closer look. instead, the busyness of the surface keep the eye at that level. oh well. it is pleasantly distracting, if maybe not quite layered and thought provoking. the good news. there’s another still blog image waiting to be made tomorrow. see you then.

dried bits of languedoc nature