starting tokyo olympics 4 / by Philip Tarlow

2:57 PM: after doing some studio reorganizing this morning, i started a new painting on a piece of primed 33x19 portrait linen. i have a second canvas with the exact same dimensions tacked next to it on my east studio wall, and i’m thinking of making the two interconnected.

here’s how it looks so far

as far as imagery goes, you’ll notice 3 things going on here: 2 celebrating figures viewed from behind; a drummer viewed from above and a drawing of two pedestrians walking, also seen from above.

tokyo olympics 4 as it looked at the end of my painting day