tokyo olympics skateboarder, 38x35” oil & collage on linen —as it looked at the end of my painting day today
2:38 PM: it’s a partly sunny day, with the temperature hovering around 25° F.
when i entered my studio this morning, my always important first glance let me know that what i did yesterday on windy creek was just an underpainting for something i’d do today. and indeed it was!
so now it has become tokyo olympics skateboarder, a figure i love and have included in earlier paintings. at that time, we had seen images & video from the 2020 tokyo olympics, and many of those images struck me and were burned into my memory. as i’ve already said in so many ways, these figures are the embodiment of the joy of being alive in a body. when i began painting this jumping skateboarder this morning, i had a fear that it was old news, and i would just be repeating myself. that fear was immediately dispelled once i launched into my strokes. and this painting has transformed,n ot only in name & imagery, but in spirit.
it needs more work, but not a whole lot more. a demain.
at work earlier today on tokyo olympics skateboarder