more modifications to" july 7 creek" / by Philip Tarlow

3:21 PM: today i focused my attention on july 7 creek. initially, my intention was the to somehow resolve the blankness of the white space on the upper left. soon however, mt attention shifted to the entire left half of the composition. i think it’s a more interesting series of marks and colors now, but still unresolved, and may have gotten too busy. more work is definitely needed tomorrow.

4:25 PM: at the last minute, before leaving the studio, i added this white semi-circle. as i gazed at it from 25 feet, i saw that the blue needed to be broken up. amazing what a relatively monor stroke can do to the entire composition!

BELOW: yesterdays state is on the left

DETAIL showing the white semi-circle i added at the very end