Hot? Or Hot Mess?

Painting.  Sometimes it is so hard.  I want that thing to happen to this painting where I see the problem and know just what to do to fix it and I get so excited about it that I can't work fast enough.  Hasn't happened yet.  And here's the killer, not only is this a hot mess, but its a hot mess over a hot mess from before.  I kind of remember one before that even, way back in the haze.  I think its like that restaurant in Seinfeld, the location on the street that keeps getting restaurant after restaurant and they all go under.  Its not me, its this location.  Its this surface. Aha!

My teen said it was hot.  One vote hot.  One vote hot mess.   My husband said it was "cute", which basically means "I glanced but I'd really like to eat this sandwich in peace".   No matter who votes what, I'll go in again and do something to this.  And it will be radical because now I'm mad at the surface and I need to show it who's boss.  I feel like drilling holes completely thorough it and leaving it on the side of the road for a truck to run over then using the indentations from the tires as "texture".

Somebody out there might be saying, "its not that bad, I rather like it".  This may be true.  I mean, it won't make the MOBA or anything like that.  Its just
                                       uninspired .
 
Would somebody please flip the switch in the middle of my back?!!!?