3:21 PM: I started my day by making a few tweaks to the figure. I gave a little definition to her body & legs, which gives her more of an air of a figure walking into the forest, seen from behind.
the primed linen on which this is painted is unstretched canvas. the dimensions are those of a stretcher bar which now has an older painting, which i’ll remove and roll up so that I can stretch this one, and the place it in a beautiful, substantial wood frame, destined to hang in our living room. this one is not for sale, as mikela has claimed it.
BELOW is the current state.
DETAIL of the figure, 11/26/2021 creek oil/collage
BELOW: details from 11/26/2021 creek oil/collage
I then went on to take 11/30/2021 creek oil/collage, which I started yesterday, to the next level. in yesterday’s version, there was the drawing of one of the tokyo olympics celebration dancers, which has now almost disappeared. the drawing, in blue, of his left arm can be seen in the center of the composition, and the rest of his body is hidden by blooming cacti. the figure of mikela can be seen on the right, wearing her characteristic hat, sitting on a rock, looking at the landscape. one of the collaged elements, on the right, is a piece of a reed pen drawing I made earlier in the afternoon. another, the orange bit on the left, is a piece of a pamphlet from greece, 1973, which I discovered while looking through some of my old greek photos this morning.
i’ll continue work on this one tomorrow.
11/30/2021 creek oil/collage as it looked at the end of my painting day today.