back from boulder, continuing 8/2/2021 creek oil looking back at a painting of the met interior in process / by Philip Tarlow

a painting in process, which i made in 2014, of the interior of the metropolitan museum in nyc

the painting you see ABOVE was in process when i shot this. it’s now in a private collection.

8/2/2021 creek oil at 4:30pm today

4:36 PM: and just one more flurry of strokes in mars yellow deep, over on the left, before heading back to the house for a delicious dinner of wild caught alaskan salmon drowned in fresh mango sauce.

3:43 PM: we returned last night from our trip to boulder. fortunately, I didn’t need surgery for my gum issue; it was just a bite issue, which was causing inflammation & could be fixed by slightly grinding down the molars. huge relief! we met with a dear friend, did a bunch of food shopping & got back at 9:45. four hours each way. I always have a very deep sleep after a trip like that, so i’m feeling pretty energized today, although I got a late start.

I resumed work/play on 8/2/2021 creek oil & took it quite a bit further.thus far there are only a few small collaged elements and no figures have yet appeared. I can feel them, anxious to join the party. but so far I haven’t been motivated to let them in.

8/2/2021 creek oil at 3:30pm