Always just around the corner...

Whenever I paint I work best when I let go and let the brush and my soul do the work. I never know what is going to appear on the canvas when I start and often surprised when I see what appears...

The above painting 'just around the corner' is a prime example. I had intended to paint the Mandala I have been working on, but instead the mind wandered and I came up with this???

Will have another go at the Mandala canvas when I can clear my head.

Addition

Looking at the picture again, a few hours after painting it. I m feeling that this may be the result of my minds symbolic way of hiding away. The circular area which appears to be hidden behind a mask is the area I was to use as the background for the Mandala. For this reason I feel I should go ahead and draw in the mandala I had in mind originally but leave it masked as the painting depicts.