2:51 PM: yesterday i painted over mosaic 1 and genesis 1. they were too dark & busy.
this morning and while the paint was still a bit wet, i flipped mosaic 1 360° and started a new painting, based on photos i shot about 10 years ago on the streets of downtown athens. many pedestrians are visible beneath the architecture and the centrally located byzantine church. it’s still to early to tell, but this may be the first in a series of athens & andros inspired paintings destined to be shown in my athens show next march.
i’ve been scanning my work, and concluded that what where it might be most exciting for me to go next could be a coming together of my adventures in realism, my love for architectural elements in my work and my semi-abstract landscapes.
i like that the painted-over mosaic 1 peeks through, so that at least one of the two mosaic faces are visible, as are some of the rocks in the creek-scape that began taking shape over mosaic 1.
DETAIL revealing the faint but visible underlying mosaic face