2:05 PM: i began work on revising sweet this morning, and continued working until just now.
i felt unattached to a particular result and fully willing to allow this painting to fail.
i knew it was obviously not going to be in the same genre as the last 3 or 3 late summer paintings, which were very spare, allowing the tinted ground to play a dominant role in the composition, and having the feel of a quick sketch.
i think what emerged is certainly not trash-worthy, but as usual it will take at least 24 hours to evaluate. a number of suggestive forms, one of which says "i'm a snail, can't you see?" are giving me hope that this one, while lacking the immediacy and freshness of the other recent ones, is it's own complete entity.
BELOW: yesterday and today
story hanging on our living room wall
sweet at the end of the day yesterday
8:12 AM: in looking at this earlier late summer painting, story, hanging on our wall, i received guidance about what to do today in simplifying sweet later this morning. the issue however has to do with whether or not it's possible to create this level of simplicity and freshness on a canvas that has, so to speak, lost its virginity.