il torrente yesterday just after removing blue/pink border
11:34 AM: just before leaving the studio yesterday, I go a call from mikela. she had walks dover to look at the painting, and after she returned to the house she got the the blue & pink border was taking away form the painting, not adding to it. I was beginning. to have the feeling myself, and when I looked at it again with a more critical eye, I confirmed she was right.
that was in the nick of time. had I waited until this morning, the very thin layer of oil paint would have dried & been impossible to wipe off with solvent. so I wiped it all off & brought it to the house, where we both confirmed that was the right thing to do.
BELOW: il torrente on 11/22 (left), mid afternoon on 11/23 and end of day, 11/23 (right)
