1:43 PM: as the work on installation of our new windows progresses, i’ve been documenting the progress, photographing the installers doing what they do every day. today i felt the urge to use some of this material to create a new series of paintings. we’ll see if it goes beyond this first in the series, simply titled windows 1.
most of the photos i shot were from our upper floor looking down, but not this one. if it actually does progress and become a series, it will in some respects mirror what i was doing in greece in the’70,s making paintings of athenian construction workers who were in the neighborhood of my studio at the foot of the acropolis. cut & paste this link to visit this page and view some of them: https://www.philiptarlow.com/art-created-in-greece
and if i decide to use the photos of the installers i shot from above, that will mirror my ano kato series, which you can see here: https://www.philiptarlow.com/anokato
windows 1 as it looked at the end of my painting day today
4:27 PM: i haven’t been able to walk up the trail since my dental bone graft, but today i was feeling good enough to give it a shot. the trail was snow covered, as were the big rocks we climb over, which are about half way up to the spot we usually stop & turn around. since we didn’t have our cleats, we stopped when we got to the rocks. tomorrow we’ll bring the cleats & walk further up. plus, starting tomorrow the temperatures will rise, and by monday will finally get back up to into the 40’s.