#92 4/28/19 Toothpick Gnome

When I was a kid, we had this little wood sculpture, a squat little man with his mouth wide open, and he held toothpicks.  He was in the kitchen.  I don't know what happened to the little toothpick man, my parents no longer have him in their kitchen.  But a few years ago, my Uncle Gene would frequent estate auctions and bring his treasures to my house, where I would photograph them so he could post them on ebay.  Every so often I'd find a little something I wanted within his treasures, and he'd let me keep it.  One day in his pile of whatnots I found the same little toothpick man....and he has since been in my kitchen, on the stove, cute as a button, holding toothpicks and reminding me of my childhood.  So this painting is a painting of a painted piece of wood....so it naturally has lost-detail.  Perhaps a good way to let go of the irrelevant detail is to paint something, then paint it again, with only the painting as the source (not the photo, or scene).  If it is still too fussy, maybe a third level down will fix it.