I have completed painting the hand, adding detail and dark shadows to increase the contrast of the painting. The next part to paint, which will be the focal point of the painting, is the exploded bulb.

This oil painting will be called ‘Running Out of Ideas’, which was the state of mind that I was in – I couldn’t think of anything to paint. While I was waiting for that ‘bulb’ to light up upon thinking of a great idea, I thought maybe my ‘bulb’ is broke, which led to this conceptual, surrealist interpretation of how I could convey that thought from a painting.