Ask More Questions I had finished some pretty intense, detailed paintings and I had not figured out what my next project should be and mentioned this to a friend. She spends her winters in Hawaii and thought she might like a couple of new paintings for her house. I asked her what she would like and she said a whale and an octopus. Excellent, I have done a whale before and I like octopuses, so I agreed. I proceeded as if I knew what I was doing and painted the sperm whale painting (above). I was pretty happy with it, the whale appears to be coming out of the dark ocean background and sunlight ripples over it’s back. Failure to Launch I sent her a photo of the painting and she liked it well enough, but she wanted a humpback whale with a baby whale. One more question would have been useful to have determined the kind of whale she liked. I did proceed to create a sperm whale and baby painting, that I believe she loves. If anyone is interested in this Sperm Whale painting let me know and we can make a deal. Beholders Don’t Always Know What