6/10/2021 creek oil at 3pm
3:13 PM: a few tweaks & i’m done for the day.
12:58 PM: I did quite a bit of work on 6/10/2021 creek oil this morning. BELOW are images of the before and after. for a while, I was working on it as a vertical composition. i’m finding that when I flip the canvas occasionally, ti benefits the whole by tricking my mind and infusing the entire image with the unpredictable passages I so love, but of course can never plan ahead.
that said, it hasn’t begun singing yet. you can tell when something is really singing; if you watched the Kennedy Center awards the other night, remember the look on garth brooks’ face when james taylor sings the river. he tears up, then stands up, in recognition that Taylor is SINGING his song!
that’s what we’re lookin’ for. nothing less will do.
so i’m kinds pooped, and will continue tomorrow morning.
9:50 am: i’m trying to get as much done as possible before it gets too hot. staring by making more quill & ink drawings on large sheets of paper.
next step: cut it into curvilinear pieces and add to the pile from the last one I cut up, giving me a good amount to choose pieces from. then i’ll collage a few to the current composition, which seems destined to become a vertical composition.
more once I get going. our roofer is here working on the roof over at the house, so I need to be on call in case mikela needs me to come over.