sparse reflections as it looked at the end of my painting day today
DETAIL of sparse reflections with red figure
3:01 PM: I. had to put our crack of dawn departure for Denver tomorrow out of mind in order to get my groove. i’m obsessed with weather, & I know that driving conditions tomorrow morning will be challenging, with icy, snow packed roads for most of the drive, & blowing snow for at least the first few hours.
it was pretty easy to forget all that, however, once I got to work. sparse reflectoins got way too crowded yesterday, so I did a light paint-over & worked into that. waterfalls (bakufu) have been showing up in the most recent work, and today they became multiple waterfalls cascading down the composition. he rocks below were inspired by photos i’ve taken over time of our creeks, especially the ones I shot in late fall, where the rocks are encased in ice. there’s a hint of a seated figure dressed in red as a counterpoint to the red japanese letters in the upper left portion.
on the left is what the painting looked like yesterday; on the right, todays version.