Starting a new abstract

I told myself that I was going to paint an image of something rather than an abstract, but when I got my paints on the palette, that is not what got started. I spent a bit of time working on structures, then the color took over. Here is the status after the first day, but I guarantee that the end product will look nothing like this. Each day is too different and there are so many things that affect an abstract. When painting a bowl of roses, for example, you have a photo, a model, or perhaps just a clear mental image as the guide. With abstracts, the principal driver is mood, which can be affected by so much—personal events, the weather, time of day, anything.