1/8/22 tokyo olympics polyptych, stage 1
2:37 PM: I began painting the first of this polyptych a few hours ago. I wasn’t sure what you call a painting consisting of 4 canvases, so I looked it up. four or more is considered a polyptych.
this is one of the tokyo olympics skateboarders, with lots of white space for you to imagine the rest. clever of me to do 4 together. that way I may be able to avoid overworking.
1:21 PM: last month i had cut squares of primed portrait linen from a leftover piece into squares for a possible future painting. today I decided to mount them on my east painting wall & see what happens.
11:41 AM:these were just delivered by fedex yesterday, so what i’m about to say might be a little premature. it’s extremely difficult for me to find shoes or boots that are comfortable on my feet. I have flat feet and a neuroma and usually end up having to send them back. that said, so far these are the most comfortable damn shoes I ever tried. they are made by brooks and are called beast ‘20, made in Vietnam. I had been wearing my montrail flip flops in the studio. as flip flops go they are extremely comfortable & work for my feet. but even with sock, my feet get a little chilly in the winter. so today is my first day wearing them, and so far they’re extremely comfortable. we’ll see how the day goes.
so now lets get to work!
