Jumping back into the canvas

I worked long and hard to earn my master's degree in ecological restoration, and now I finally have the chance, with a little more free time, to tackle the empty and half-done canvases I've had sitting around.  At last!  Just like the call of soil to my botanist's hands, the oil paint has been whispering my name, renewing that dull ache in the base of my spine.  While the job search and interviews continue, I can relax at last, with my old painting pals, and get a different kind of dirty.  Tasks at hand now are the second in my collection of "Naughty Bits" paintings of flower 'genitalia', and a birch tree landscape request for the mum.

More to come, and hopefully soon.