9/22/2021 painting/collage on 11/4/21 3-30pm
3:14 PM: i’m stopping for the day. the guys just left, & I was kind of feeding off their work energy. so we both got a lot done! the skiff is more well defined and starting to be surrounded by blue bubbly water. the blue works. it picks up the other blues on the left, and allows those few reds on the upper left to gain in importance. I collaged over that bit of newspaper on the right, which, as I said earlier, was detracting from the overall composition. so it breathes now.
9/22/2021 painting/collage, 42x54" as it looked moments ago
1:35pm: i’ve been working most of the morning on 9/22/2021 painting/collage, 42x54," with minor interruptions from the crew, who are bringing very large panels into the storage space through the studio. they are being mounted over the insulation, which they finished installing this morning.
as you can see when you compare the current version to yesterday’s, all of the work I did today thus far has been on the paddler on the right. the shape of his craft has now appeared, along with his shadow beneath his feet. but now, that bit of collaged newspaper to his right seems irrelevant to the composition, so i’m going to address that issue after posting this.
the crew, which today consists of 3 workers, just installed the ceiling boards and will begin the walls soon.