11/26/2021 creek oil/collage, 40 1/2 x 45 1/2" / clearing the space / by Philip Tarlow

2:51 PM: this morning I transferred quite a few of the paintings that had been stacked against my studio walls to the new storage room. the studio is already feeling more spacious, and this is just the beginning!

once I got the paintings moved, I started a new 40 1/2 x 45 1/2” creek painting which is destined to sit in a big beautiful wood frame which now contains an older work, “karen asleep.”

here’s the first stage of this new painting