I recently did a painting of a lavender field as seen through the trees with mountains in the background. I later did a larger version of the painting and added in tall yellow grasses in the foreground with the tree limbs. I know a lot of artists today make prints or gicleés of their works. I remember that on one particular visit to Paris I went to Rodin's home and museum. I viewed his personal art collection and was surprised to see hanging on a wall a small version of "Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe" (The Picnic) done by Edouard Manet. I had seen the full size version in the Museé d'Orsay. Perhaps the sculptor Rodin requested a smaller version for his personal collection. Anyway, if a certain painting has been well received, you can consider either painting another version of it a different size or have prints made to sell at a reduced cost. Either way, it's not unheard of to paint the same scene twice (or even more than that).
To the right you will see the photo of the painting I did two different sizes. The larger painting did sell. I just placed the smaller one online to try to sell. The only difference between the two paintings is the omission of grasses in the foreground on the smaller painting.
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