at work today on shirareshi
3:26 PM: today I refined shirareshi, adding another layer of complexity to the trees, which seem to have matured and sprouted leaves, as well as making subtle changes in tone to the tree trunks that bring them alive. I didn’t want to mess too much with the overall composition & color, because I feel this one takes the lessons I learned with 1 through 12 in the previous paintings in the series and incorporates them while making new discoveries.
below: a comparative view of how this painting looked yesterday compared with today, and below that, a couple of details of the work I did today.
I may add a few more touches to the trees tomorrow, but right now i’m too tired to even think about it. if he were still around, I wouldn’t mind a studio visit from matisse. he would totally get where i’m headed.
