2:09 pm: I made significant changes to both tokyo olympics 1 and 7/25/2021 ano kato today, using predominantly a muted rose, which I noticed on the floor of moma, where the ano kato photos were shot.
7/25/2021 ano kato after today’s modifications
a lot more happened, as you’ll notice if you compare this with how it looked yesterday, BELOW. i’ve also included images of the painting on day one, at an intermediate stage, and following today’s modifications. this is a great example of how a painting needs to ferment for a period of time, in this case about 5 weeks, for the energy to be present in my body to do what i just did this morning.
TOKYO OLYMPICS 1:
tokyo olympics 1 16x40” as it looked following this morning’s modifications
this is another good example of the fermentation period i talk about. this one may still be in process; i won’t know till i enter my studio tomorrow morning. it’s gone through more radical changes than 7/25/2021 ano kato, as you can see in the images BELOW. the image on the far right shows how the painting looked this morning, before the modifications you see in the image ABOVE. the more neutral pinkish tone i used allows the yellows, reds and the blue shirt on the right to sing, whereas the blue i had used in the most recent version, on the bottom right, fightswith those other colors, and ends up confusing the eye, which bounces between the yellow and reds.
8:22 AM:
”Mosaic in Pompeii, capturing the birth of the mythical Orion. 2st century p. x, Pompeii, Italy.
Orion mosaiclate II BC - early I BC mosaic Pompeii, House of Jupiter (V) Archaeological Park of Pompeii Photo Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Italy.
Orion was the most famous hunter in Greek mythology. Once, as the gods of Olympus used to, Zeus and Poseidon went for a walk on earth disguised as humans. Passing through Boeotia, they received the warm hospitality of Yrias, the ′′ famous hero ′′ of the city of Yriis. At that time, however, Yrieus was at a very old age and widower without children.
He confessed to guests his sorrows about his great loneliness and how much he would love to have a child. After the two gods were gone, the next morning Yrieus found an infant on the doorstep: it was little Orion, a gift from the gods for the hospitality he had offered them.”
in 2017 i made this small gouache on paper of an aspen trunk, capturing my love for these trees that surround us here in the baca grande.