1:37 PM: today, a cold, snowy day, il torrente entered a new phase. the under painting which, as often happens, I had intended to keep simple & delicate, has jumped into the fray. in the process, it has taken on some of the qualities of my earlier, creek inspired motion series, as well as things I discovered in my sound of a flute taiga inspired series, as well as images reflecting the photomicrography experiments I did during our october trail walks.
at the moment, the space seems crowded, with all the above qualities vying for attention, and none winning out. in part, this is due to the fact that i’m trying out a new quality of primed linen. it’s described by the manufacturer as an “all purpose” surface, and is very different than the very finely textured artfix portrait linen i’m used to using.
two sound of a flute paintings accidentally juxtaposed
2:41: after writing the above post, I rubbed out the painting I did this morning with mineral spirits (gamsol) and painted over the entire canvas with a tannish oil color. it’s thinly enough painted so that some of the original painting peeks through. as I photographed il torrente lying on two wooden supports, my eye caught the very tops of these two sound of a flute series paintings. they are overlapping each other & look like one composition, which is giving me some ideas for the future.however much I think i’m inventing new compositions & juxtapositions of shapes, there’s nothing quite like this: the unintended juxtaposition of two different paintings, to jog me into new possibilities.
BELOW: il torrente as it looked about 1:30pm and, on the right, after rubbing it out & painting over it. we’ll see where it goes tomorrow.
