10 of the 12 polyptych series on my east wall
4pm: I rearranged 10 of the polyptych series paintings on my east studio wall. the other two are over at the house.
and I decided i’m not done with this series yet, so I cut 15 more portrait linen canvases, each 15.25x17.50 inches. larger format paintings don’t really interest me right now, and it’s important to know here your interest lies at a specific moment in time.
so it’s likely i’ll launch into the first one tomorrow, but I have a 10am call with apple to figure out how to create more space on my iMac so that I can install the latest software. that might screw up my energy fo painting, but maybe the opposite will happen. lets see.
cutting 15 more 15.25x17.50 inch pieces of portrait linen
the barber shop, oil in linen, 22x22” 2017
10:49 AM: this morning I found this 2017 oil on canvas leaning against the wall of my studio. it’s a painting of a barber shop somewhere in india, which I photographed during that trip. I was struck by the patterns and colors, all reflected in the many mirrors. it reminds me of the interiors I used to paint during my 15 years in greece, on excursions we took with my then mother-in-law, the late great painter niki karagatsi, to little shops in piraeus.