the newly framed watercolor 35 10 x 15”
7:03 PM: this is one of the watercolors, which i framed today, destined for my exhibition in carbondale in 2 weeks.
stage 1 of watercolor 110 at 1pm
12:59 PM: today i started work on watercolor 110. it’s in the larger format: 13 x 20” and is inspired by on eon my earlier creek photos, in mid- fall, when the creek contained quite a bit of ice from below freezing night time temperatures. it’s a very good beginning; lets see where it heads in the next hour or so, when i switch gears and continue work on exhibition prep.
i was looking at stuff on my desk when i noticed this pad with 3 studies of matisse drawings i made a few years ago. sometimes stuff finds a space and stays there forever.
at work on watercolor 110 at 1:30
above the drawings is a painting in egg tempera of greek construction workers having their mid day snacks, painted in the mid 70’s. it’s one of a series of paintings of construction workers i made during that period. most are in private, museum and corporate collections in athens. in the little grey puddle of water in front of them you can see marks similar to the ones in my current creek paintings; an interesting manifestation of continuity in my mark making.