4:21 PM: before leaving for santa fe, k came to the studio to continue his self portrait in oil on linen. i ocntinue to be amazed by his ever-ripening talent, and this portrait is now exception. sensitive; beautifully painted & conceived, it shows all the signs of a budding natural talent, a really fine painter in process. he gets it. he knows in his bones what painterly means. many artists i know who are much older than his 14 years still don’t get it. not to mention art historians.
this morning we had to leave about 11:30 for salida to pick up our car, which was driven by an acura employee, and exchange it with the loaner we’ve been driving for the past week. so i had no more than 15-20 minutes to make some changes to il torrente. below are images of the before (left) and after. an improvement, wouldn’t you say?
