Progress and Poppy Pods

Today has been termed Blue Monday,according to the media, being a down day because of going back to work after holiday celebrations. ( I certainly have great sympathy for those Canadians suffering in deep freeze 'blue' temperatures...May you soon get warmth and mellow temperatures.)
  Only blues in my day are the paints in my Progress of re-inventing my strugeon piece  It has been fun changing it completely ...well almost, with color, the 'play ' part of color.  'Pointelism' or 'divisionism' results in retinal fusion of colour.  I see the colours as sparkeling or gem-like.  So I have been changing a rather dull sturgeon painting into a very colorful, active piece, a little at a time.  This resonates well with my love of using lots of colour.  It is a slow process so I am taking time to step back and analyse.  The progressive photos start from several blogs back.
My next decision is how to treat the background or negative space.

 

The Poppy Pods of the title...I've done four, one per day and have yet to do todays. 

Where will this lead me?  I have yet to find out.  I am sketching them until I am either sketched out or decide to paint, collage, sculpt or move on.