1:04 PM: i got an early start this morning, after a planned trip got unexpectedly cancelled. i started a new one: tokyo olympics 9, 37 1/4x 18 3/4” oil on portrait linen.
it follows in the footsteps of the previous ones in this rapidly developing series, with lots of negative white spaces & suggested figures in motion. yellow is the dominant color, set off by reds & blues. this one would look great hanging next to the one i did yesterday, perhaps hung on a warm grey wall.
i like the composition of this one perhaps more than any so far. i dare say i’m learning by leaps & bounds how to make a painting that sings, without shrieking, and flows, without being too predictable.
tomorrow will be a day off, and i’ll be back in the studio on saturday morning. today is a sunny, cloudless day with a temperature of 34F, likely climbing a few more degrees in the next hour or two. in a little over an hour, we’ll take our walk up to the stupa, which is the walk we’ll be taking until spring arrives, when we’ll resume our walks up cottonwood creek, which are far more interesting visually. at that time, i’ll lkely resume my creekside watercolors which, undoubtedly influenced by this current series and by our experiences in greec in march, will have a different look for sure.
tokyo olympics 9 37 1/4x 18 3/4” oil on portrait linen
BELOW: tokyo olympics 8 & 9 as they might look hanging together.
