MOSAIC 1 as it looked at 1:48pm today
1:43 pm: i got rid of the blue checkerboard patterning; it was in my head from a previous painting, not in my gut from this one.
the greys are much better suited to this composition, and i allowed just enough of the underlying pinks to show through. the bold black drawing of the rocks makes it clear that this has become a creek-scape. and the heads of the ancient mosaic figures remind us why it’s titled mosaic 1. the red calligraphic marks i painted in yesterday morning help make it clear that this is, above all, a painting, not a mosaic or a creekscape. my process in getting it to this point is transparent, so that the viewer becomes more of a participant in that process rather than the observer of a fait accompli.
mosaic 1 at 11 am today
11:224 AM: this morning a blue checkerboard patterning appeared in the upper quadrant, as well as some oranges & yellows in the center. work continues while i still have the juice.