3:06 PM: just comnpleted work in my studio for the day, and about to take our now daily walk up the creek. i changed the drop-down menus on the site, and this is the new header for the 2020 watercolors page:
the completed watercolor 11
DETAIL
2:23 PM: the completed watercolor 11. some of the white bubbles in the lower portion needed to become larger, both for compositional reasons and to reflect the magic i felt when i saw those bubbles in real life a few afternoons ago. compositionally, they transition the white dots in the water surrounding the rocks to dancing musical accents akin to pregnant pauses in thelonious monk’s riffs.
12:29 PM update: at work moments ago on watercolor 11
11:02 AM: i’m about to continue work on watercolor 11, which i started yesterday. it’s one of those paintings that could stop anywhere, but i choose to take it further and we’ll see where it goes.
READING:
i’m currently reading two books. one, a biography of my friend, teacher & mentor the late yannis
tsarouchis, was published in 1993 has has been sitting in my bookshelf since then. i opened it this morning and found it compelling enough to continue, and have it be my breakfast reading for the next little while. it was written by alexis savakis, and includes a photo of myself, tsarouchis and sammuel beckett standing together on the roof of tsarouchis studio in maroussi. our mutual friend, actress christina tsingou had invited beckett to come to athens & visit tsarouchis’ studio in maroussi. i was asked to pick beckett up at the athens airport & drive him to maroussi, which i did, thus getting to spend a few hours with the great playwright. i was also asked to photograph beckett’s visit, as he did not ever want to be photographed by professional photographers or reporters.
the other book i’ve started reading is hommage to catalonia, by george orwell. it’s considered by some to be his best piece of writing, surpassing his best known book: animal farm. having only read 10 pages or so, i would agree with this assessment. these days it takes a lot to keep me staying focused on a book without skimming and skipping around. not this one. orwell is concise, precise, compassionate and often funny in his own british style of humor. i would highly recommend it. i originally bought it to send to my grandscon philip in athens, but decided it would be best to read it myself first, to make sure it’s suitable for a 14 year old.
more later in the day my dearest friends!