I never paint what I havent seen many times.   I go back as often as possible, work on site,  try many approaches, fail, try again.  These works include the Jemez area of New Mexico and many pond pieces from both Shady Lakes in Albuquerque and a lotus pond from  Los Poblanoes where I worked many years ago when it was a private residence (now a beautiful inn and amazing grounds)  Some are very recent and some a long time ago, especially the lotus.   Shady Lakes was a series I worked on in summers from 2016 to 2021 when the fishing gardens closed.   I still continue to work on some that are unsettled to me.   I have been going into the Jemez area since I was a teenager.  I will never get enough of it.