progress on the storage space / 9/22/2010 painting/collage in the living room / by Philip Tarlow

3:02 PM: today the crew made good progress on the construction of my new storage space. the door to the studio was cut on the outside, but they won’t cut the hole & mount the door inside till the space is completely sealed, so that it won’t allow the cold night air to enter the studio space. until then; hopefully sometime next week, I won’t be able to get much painting done, at least not in oil. but I may make some watercolors on one of the tables on the west side of the studio, where the space is still relatively open.

BELOW: the newly cut door, and a view of the studio this morning, with it’s roof almost completed.

3:13 PM: this morning I decided to bring 9/22/2021 painting/collage to the house and hang it on the west wall of our living room. having a new painting in the house is always the acid test for determining whether it’s completed or needs more work. after living with it for a few days or weeks, it becomes clear; it’s either back to the studio for more work, or not.