3:40 PM: got a late start today as a result of unexpected lostical stuff i had to take care of. i was intending to start a new watercolor, but simply could not resist the urge to do more work on 2021 creek oil 1. as i’m ending my painting day, this one is in a kind of raw state. it has harsher colors than i’m used to using, harsher transitions and a questionable composition. gone are those neutral tans & greys. missing is that diagonal thrust you’d normally see in a long narrow piece like this one.
nonetheless, i feel somehow attached to it. and i’m intensely curious how it will evolve. maybe our political situation is rubbing off on me. but i’m fine if it just doesn’t work out, and ends up in the trash. many of the solutions i’m discovering and combinations of colors i’m employing will undoubtedly show up in future oils.
so here it is, in all it’s ragged glory. and we’ll see what tomorrow brings.