

What makes a painting a favourite of the artist?
This is something I have contemplated recently as I notice my own attachment to certain paintings. Are these paintings ones I consider my best works? Funnily enough they are not. I realise that a couple of recent paintings that have become favourites seem to be paintings that have challenged me. Two paintings which come to mind were also painted plein air, which challenges me every time. Last Monday arriving at the paint out location which is chosen by someone else (as I pai