day 1 of: figures from above 35x37” oil on linen
2:41 PM: following the work i did this morning on tennis/skateboarding panorama, i started work on a new one: figures from above, which is 35x37” oil on linen. right now, what we see is a melange of some of my favorite figures, all seen from above. the only area that’s filled in with a violet color is the shadow of the jumping skateboarder in the center of the composition. a couple i photographed in salida sits on the rocks overlooking their two kids; a woman with her shoulder bag stands on the museum floor; another woman on the museum floor looking intently at her phone….life, in other words.
tennis/skateboarding panorama, 19.5x80” following this morning’s changes
11:45 AM: this morning i made more changes to tennis/skateboarding panorama, eliminating the pink ground i added yesterday. it wasn’t working with the greens, blues and yellows. in addition, a bit of scraping has unified the entire composition, which seems resolved as i gaze at it from about 20 feet.
recent paintings keep each other company on my south studio wall