Forsythia

Last spring the forsythia was beautiful. I painted three paintings of it before it faded, and I listened to Glen Gould playing Schoenberg over and over while I painted.

This winter I'm listening to John Adams while I paint - usually just once or twice a day. (There are two parts to The Dharma at Big Sur, but I've only linked to Part 1.)
In December I got out the third painting shown above, and I decided it was very green. I repainted it listening to The Dharma. So much texture in painting is new to me. The whole painting seems more decided by the music than by me.