4:09 PM: after completing windows 1, i started windows 2 this afternoon. it’s still at a very early stage, and here’s what it looks like.
we’ll see where it wants to go tomorrow morning!
windows 2 at a very early stage.
windows 1 on 11/23/22 signed & completed
12:27 PM: at 8 this morning i went to a friend’s house to get my first lesson in bread making. not surprisingly, the process is not unlike my process of making a painting. over the next month or two, i’ll continue with my lessons until i get to the point where i can do it myself. apprenticeship: the best, most ancient way to learn!
windows 1: i went over the areas on his colorful shirt without doing too much, as i did & then wiped out yesterday afternoon. it’s signed & dated it & i’m ready to move on.
gazing at it from about 20 ft. here in the studio, it works compositionally and coloristicly. the subject matter, while compelling, does not dominate, and the interplay between the two figures is critical. without the obvious clue you get from the title, you would guess that these are 2 guys doing some sort of construction work. more importantly for me, you would experience it as a playful abstraction containting painterly marks, with a touch of the enigmatic….enough to draw you back in again and again.
DETAIL of the shirt, which i reworked today