Back to painting

I have not been painting for the last 2 or 3 weeks and it is difficult to get started.  I picked the last of my roses from the garden and arranged them.  I loosely based these two knife paintings on the arrangement.  I wanted to just have fun and "ice" the canvas (like icing a cake).  I really like the loose, sort of abstract look of a knife painting.  I did notice that when I took the photo of each, I cropped the painting a little too much.  Things don't quite hug the edges as they appear in the photos.