11/26/2021 creek oil/collage as it looked moments ago, at the end of my painting day today
2:08 PM: I started feeling too attached to the landscape elements, especially those tree trunks. so I worked into it some more. it’s getting towards the time for our stupa walk, so i’m going to stop for the day. it’s become a stupa walk rather than a creek walk due to the snow & ice on the shady parts of the creek trail. we have cleats, but we’d rather not use them till later in the winter, so we’re going up to the stupa instead, enjoying the panoramic valley views.
i’m also gearing up for the tokyo olympics celebration series, for which I made the 9 studies you see BELOW
DETAIL showing mikela walking up the creek
11:50 AM: mikela has entered the composition, inspired by a photo I shot of her walking up the trail a few days ago. unexpected. let’s see where it goes from here…