2:34PM: you may recall i’d been mentoring a hs student named k. for over a year, until covid happened. he has continued to paint and just sent me a photo of this, his latest painting. i’m very impressed! what do you think?
2:11 PM: well, i painted over what i had done this morning, for about the 12th time, tuckered myself out (plus we’re about to take our stupa walk) so here’s how it looks now, and will remain this way till tomorrow morning.
ZHAO MENGFU (1254-1322) DESCRIBED HIS CREATIVE PROCESS NOT AS “PAINTING“ but as “WRITING”
12/19/20 creek oil at 10 am
pink creek 32x32” oil and collage on linen 2017
10:41 AM: after painting over 12/19/20 creek oil yesterday afternoon, i did the usual scrape & wipe to disclose the beautiful colors & marks beneath. here’s how it looks this morning, as i prepare to work back into it. at the same time, i’m unstretching an older motion series painting so that i can stretch a new one & be able to go back & forth, which as most of you know is my preferred way of avoiding getting stuck and invested in one particular painting and the solutions that go along with it. so here’s how it looks; almost good enough to eat!
BELOW: pink creek 32x32” is the 2017 motion series painting i’m un-stretching. if you are interested in purchasing at a very reasonable price, email or text me.