2:30 PM: just screwed a piece of masonite to the rear of the stretcher bar to facilitate collaging. this will be removed once the painting is complete and the canvas re-stretched on the right side (the bevelled side) of the stretcher bars.
2:14 PM: as I prepare to stretch my next canvas, I made this large ink drawing of a drawer with my tools, designed to be cut into pieces for collaging onto the next painting
12:34 PM: got a late start today following our trail walk this morning. after gazing at tokyo olympics 1 hanging in the house last night & this morning, I brought it back to the studio for a few modifications. the purple shadow of the skate one of the boarder’s hands was bothering both of us, so I adjusted that. and while I was at it, I inserted that black rectangle beneath his feet, which is his skate board, as well as the flesh color of his left foot. I didn’t touch anything else, although I was very tempted to make one of my radical interventions. I think this one deserves to keep it’s spontaneous freshness and zing, so i’m moving on to something new. but first I have to stretch a new canvas from one of the 4 rolls of artful portrait linen pierre sent me last week. i’ll update once it’s stretched and I start the drawing for something new.
tokyo olympics 1 following my modifications this morning.
12:48 PM: I had a request for one of my ‘80’s silkscreens a few days ago. I created it while I was a member of fischbach gallery in nyc, in the mid ‘80’s. I still have a few of these here in my studio; if you’re interested in purchasing, contact me.