Painting Ups and Downs

While yesterday was a politically triumphant day (yay Obama!), I was feeling kind of despondent in my studio.  I worked on this collage (still in progress) for a bit:And worked and worked and worked on this piece, only to scrape out everything I did.  I was just having an icky art day:

But I got back in the groove today--I refined some things and put those flowers in on the left side.  I also think I've figured out how I want to resolve the painting.