a motion series painting hangs in our stairway
5:29 PM: we’re both not completely through the 2nd shot side effects, so we put off our stupa walk till tomorrow, weather permitting. snow is in the forecast this weekend, so we’ll have to see. when i returned to the house, there was a beautiful afternoon light falling on our entryway stairs, where this motion series painting hangs.
some of the ceramics you see were made by ceramicist friends and painted by me, others are pieces we’ve collected over the years. and i love those shadows from our plants, which shift daily with the position of the sun. it’s a wonderful house mikela designed; a many talented woman she is.
2021 watercolor 13 stage 1 11 3/4 x 15” on arches paper
2:57 PM: getting ready to leave for the house and then up to the stupa trail with mikela. i started 2021 watercolor 13 today. i don’t know if you can make this out, since it’s in a very early stage, but there’s a view from a woman from above and she’s in a creek environment. it turns me on to combine figures seen from above, as seen in my ano kato series, with views of the creek. if you click on painting series in the drop down menu above, then click on ano kato, you’ll see the series of paintings, which were done a few years back.
12:46 PM: getting a late start today and will have to stop at 3 so we can walk up the trail, which we haven’t done in 3 days. we like to go every other day to stay in shape, since this is our main form of exercise.
this is a photo i discovered in my loft, shot by my dad in prospect park, brooklyn, when i was about 3.
more when i start painting & have something to post.
a quick note about bonnard:
amongst the nabis, bonnard was the most willing to experiment in a variety of media. as he wrote to lugné-pöe in 1890, , “it’s a matter of varying one’s pleasures.”
bonnard, women in a garden, 1891, oil on paper mounted on canvas, four panels, each panel 160 x 48 cm. museé d’orsay, paris