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At the start of a painting session, the eyes do most of the work. Looking, looking, looking. There are areas to focus upon to create new, sections painted the day before to alter or improve, the mixing and blending of the paint, the thinness or thickness applying it. It is also necessary to step back frequently to make sure the colors and visual interest are balanced across the entire painting.

Even when a piece begins as a very exacting process of development from a drawing or series of photographs transferred to the canvas or panel, as more and more work is done there are almost always intuitive changes. These changes are where the spirit of the artist moves things along at a level that seems magical and difficult to explain, yet almost every artist experiences this same internal direction when creating art. 

When artists hear art critics, writers or others review their work and propose a series of logical steps or reasons why the artist did things certain way, it can often be a very fanciful and possibly incorrect description of what an artist barely perceived at the time of creation. Inspiration, a visit from a muse, or sheer determination? We're never quite sure.