11:54 AM: this morning after my meditation i asked st. anthony to help me find my groove, and he/she did! so i did more work on what was girl with glass, which has become swirling creek III. it’s a pretty spare creek composition, with a lot of white, a blue sky and a few dark ochre trees.
swirling creek III, 8x11” oil on portrait linen
swirling creek II, 21x17” oil & collage on portrait linen
then i moved on to swirling creek II. i found the top portion way too busy, so i applied white oil paint , then drew and painted into it, also eliminating most of the blue surrounding the central tree branch, resulting oin a much more spare composition, easier for the eye to navigate and in harmony with the plein air watercolors i made while the weather was still warm enough.
my dental surgery site is doing better today & i’m less achy and having less pain at the surgery site, even though the black & blue mark you see in the photo of me at work seems worse. so i may do more this afternoon….we’ll see. stay tuned!
8:34 AM: it’s early & i haven’t yet meditated, but before that i’m painting over girl with a glass, which i think is awful!