Silver is a colour ( and a word) which has always fascinated me. To me it symbolises something delicate, ethereal , dreamy. Growing up by the sea I was often surrounded  by silver , the sparkle of sunlight on the waves , the beach sand and the ever present Wellington clouds streaming out across Cook Strait. Painting with silver is a tricky business , as it's made from all three primaries and the balance of your mixture needs to be just right or you'll end up with purple or brown. I don't (usually ) miss the sea, now that we live up in the mountains , but I do sometimes miss that silvery backdrop, sea merging softly into the sky.
I'm busy working towards a solo exhibition at the Suter Gallery in February , and some of the works will definitely feature a silver theme.This one is the Tasman Sea at dusk ...

 Who else watched Tom Petty "Damn the Torpedoes" last night? A fascinating documentary about an amazing musician.One of the things Tom that said really struck a chord with me (pardon the pun).
He was talking about composing music and said something along the line of "We always played them first on an acoustic guitar. It shouldn't matter what you play it on , a good song still sounds good on acoustic guitar or piano "(as well as electric guitar)...wow.That stopped me in my tracks.
I paint in both acrylic and watercolour ((two instruments) and Tom was so right- if the song (compostion/idea) is a good one you should be able to play it on either and it will still sound good.
I don't often paint the same composition (another pun?) twice , but this is one time when I did..I really enjoyed painting version 1 in watercolour and did it again in acrylic, and yes, I think both are strong paintings.
Time to get back into the studio and put on "Wildflowers" while I paint.