Walden

I spent a few hours at Walden on Sunday.  I try to avoid going there on weekends because of the tourists but I just really wanted to go.  I did explore Emerson's Cliff Path which was really nice and quiet.  Then I made my way down to the spot where I intended to paint.  I had painted there two years ago when the water was much high due to the floods so this time found myself sitting on a rock past an unusual, memorable tree that was once submerged in water.

As usual the first few paintings were no good at all.  It always takes some time to warm up.  

Then I thought of Cezanne for some reason and was able to paint this: 

Maybe thinking of Cezanne helped.  It wasn't that I was consciously trying to paint like him but afterwards I thought the colors and some of the foliage reminded me of his work.  Here is an example of a Cezanne painting in the style that I was thinking of:

New Work in Progress

Often I feel really tired and sluggish all day while I do work/chores or anything at all.  Then suddenly at 9pm I feel very energized and awake.  That lasts for a few hours before I fall asleep.  It's during that time that I make my best creative work.  

I thought my latest endeavor seemed disconnected or different from my other work, but whenever I go back and look at my work I realize that it is all very recognizably mine.