this afternoon when we returned from salida, scattered thunderstorms continued to roll through crestone/baca. as we had an early dinner on the deck, they surrounded us, but allowed us to finish our dinner before closing in on us. i shot this from our deck looking across the valley towards saguache and to the northwest.
5:51 PM: i spent the morning in my studio and had to leave about 11 am so we could get to our salida appaointment this afternoon. during that space of time, i went over 5/30/2021 creek oil with titanium buff, which i’ll likely scrape and wipe over tomorrow morning, so that important passages remain and the overall busyness calms down/.
as i worked, i got hungry and made myself waffles with fresh, organic blueberries & walnuts while surveying the painting and those areas i’d like to remain intact.
BELOW are 4 stages; the earliest on the left, the most recent on the lower right
BELOW: a few details i may want to keep. these two passages, for example contain marks that perfectly reflect the kinds of calligraphic marks that flow from my brush, from my pen.
