(re-post)
I've never done this before so it is an interesting experiment: I've neither left a painting unfinished nor hung it on the wall unfinished. Unlike the fibre art or photography or homemaking, which can be done in stages, when I paint – I paint. This painting was started many months ago and life suddenly needed full attention (the house sold!) so the easel and the board and the paints got packed and moved; Walking Vacuum Home went with them.
Yesterday I was rummaging and came across the painting neatly stacked in the storage area. This morning I got it out and attached hooks to the back of it and hung it up. It's in the hallway where I pass it – and look at it – many times a day. I know where the easel is. I know where the paints are. Maybe I'll paint. The house is not for sale.