the monastery / trail walk drawing / by Philip Tarlow

at work this morning on the monastery

5:03 PM: just back from our walk up the trail, where i made a small colored pencil drawing.

this morning, i started work on the monastery, one more 21x17” oil on linen destined to be part of my march solo show in athens. it felt right to start with a collaged piece of an old paper oil palette into a composition inspired by a photo i shot quite a while ago of the interior of a monastery on my beloved island of andros.

and then this afternoon, we took our walk up the trail & stopped at my favorite spot to make quick plein air drawings, overlooking the creek.

10-29-22 trail drawing