I've been painting in a certain way for quite awhile. My little mannerist paintings are nice, but even as I type the words "little" and "nice" they feel a bit precious. You know, precious in the bad way.  It's feeling a bit confining and while I don't want to throw away what I've learned doing them, I'm looking for a way to expand.

Maybe like this. This is something that I've off to the side for many months. It's about 3 x 5 feet not inches.  Every once in awhile I add something. I'm guessing that at this point it's about half way done. 

It's the oversized cousin of something I did earlier this year, that I called "yellow glass" they were about 18 x 24".  

The scale here is deceptive. But which is more interesting?