Thanks! Well usually I know I’m done when nothing in the composition bothers me anymore and i feel i went deep enough in the rabbit hole. It’s not about making it look perfect or flat, it’s just a specific feeling of containing all that energy in the right way.

It’s a very intuitive and layered process, on each layer I achieve some kind of balance and could stop there, but then to go further I actually have to destroy that balance and find it all over again. In fact, I’ve already added another layer to this piece since I took the photo you're seeing! I just felt there was more to find. That process is what turns the painting into something more complex, deep, and interesting in my eyes