Reworking old pieces

 Sometimes a piece of art will sit around for a long time and an artist will take it and rework it.  No painting is waste if it is not damaged.  The texture under the original adds depth to the new piece and takes it to another level.  In any Artist studio you will find a stack of paintings awaiting this process, maybe the original piece seems dated or never sat right, colour may have been off or subject did not work out, many reason, but all fixable. Don’t be afraid to rework a piece or change the background colour, if it is varnished it will work too, just a few layers of gesso will solve that problem, though I have just painted then revarnished backgrounds and foreground with great success.  Art is an experiment don’t be put off or intimidated by something that pushes you out of your comfort zone.  


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