Lost My Marble 3-Dimensional Oil (12x12) is part of my Memories Series. The Memories series started off as just a way to utilize all the paint I don't use, scrape off another painting or the paint that comes off the palette knife before dabbing into another color. They have evolved into a wonderful story. I always keep a canvas on hand just for this series. Lost My Marble was an entirely different painting - I just couldn’t get the composition the way I wanted it so out came the giant palette knife to scrape off all the paint. Sometimes there is just this perfect ball of paint that I want to place on a memories painting - this one needed its own canvas. Contrast of the deepest blues with the multitude of colors in the marble and subtle peeks of color popping so shyly against the darkness. Back to the studio to create new Memories.