A moment

I have gone back to oil painting and my brushstrokes are now looser and more relaxed. I decided to paint my daughter's portrait on a small canvas and leave it looking like a study. At a certain point I just dropped the brushes and said enough. 

I admire impressionists like Sorolla and Sargeant who are still playing in realism but where you can clearly see the strokes sometimes raw which convey energy and remain signature accents. We don't want a photograph but instead capture a moment.