I remember a conversation I once had with a local artist, Jessica Zoob. She has sinced become pretty successful. Some of her paintings take 7 years. She adds layers and layers and then sands back. But she pours paint over really beautiful bits and I remember asking her once - " how can you bear to do that"?

She said "you have to be willing to lose it all".

I've never forgotten that and it often gives me courage when I get a bit precious about a painting. 😍