8/17/20 creek oil at 2:30pm
notice that grey rock in the 2pm version, below? there’s detail of it above right. this is a great example of how just one element in a painting that’s off can screw up the entire composition. see how much this painting gains after i removed it, in the 2:30pm version above? it’s also a great example of the process of painting, which is the subject of the talk mark bruell & i will do on august 28th, a week from friday. it had been scheduled for this friday the 21st, but carbondale is very smoky at the moment from the grizzly wildfire in nearby glenwood springs, which has grown to 26,000 acres and is 0% contained.
8/17/20 creek oil at 2pm
buck grazing outside my studio at noon
8/17/20 Creek Oil Painting at noon today
8/17/20 creek oil painting stage 3
11:01 AM: to avoid the mid-day heat we’ve been experiencing, i got a much earlier start today. as a matter of fact, this is the earliest i’ve arrived in my studio in many months. and that includes an 8am trip to town to go to the post office, where i was able to mail 2 packages without waiting in line at all.
so i meditated here in the studio instead of in our bedroom, had some coffee and jumped into work on 8/17/20 creek oil painting. i wanted to use yellow, especially one i love a lot, called brilliant yellow pale, by williamsburg, made in brooklyn, where i was born. referring tangentially to a creek photo shot on a recent trail walk, i riffed on a rock which has some gorgeous orange and black lichen. i’m getting back to work while it’s still a comfortable 75F in the studio. i’ll post more in a bit.