2:25 PM: we’re going to take our walk a little earlier today, so we can watch the australian open mens finals, which my grandson philip tells me lasts 4 1/2 hours!
I did have time to make some modifications to both 1-8-2022 polyptych, canvas 12 as well as canvas 7, which you see BELOW.
in canvas 7, on the left, the figure of the skateboarder now has a red & green outline on his upper body, which allows him to pop more.
in canvas 12, on the right, all figures have gone from the composition. different tokyo olympics figures will likely reappear tomorrow, when I resume work on this one. I spent too much time making gingerbread and face-timing with hockney to do too much more today. it’s sunny & warmer, so we should have an excellent walk before sitting down to a pasta dinner and watching the match.
see you all tomorrow.
1:14 PM: a few minutes ago, I made this ink drawing, which will be cut into pieces & collaged onto new paintings.
12:17 PM: just made some gingerbread before starting my painting day today. I added some walnuts & raisins to the mix to make it more interesting. of course I had to have a few bites to make sure it was tasty, which it is! a little crunchy, which I love. that’s why I keep it in the oven a bit longer than recommended.
8:33 AM: in 1987, just one year after mikela and i met, we visited with my friend david hockney in his home & studio in the hollywood hills. i shot phots of him with some friends on his deck overlooking the pool, and of the interior of his home. then, once i was back in my studio, i made a series of paintings in gouache on paper. here are two of them, which now hang in mikela’s work room.
I spoke with David moments ago, and he & his assistant are excited about helping to put together a major Tsarouchis museum show. I asked niki, director of the Tsarouchis foundation, to send him the large volume published by the foundation, which they’ll use when speaking with museum directors. very exciting news, and long overdue!
todays gingerbread
