acropolis museum V 35x37” oil on linen, as it looked at 1:30, following the work i did earlier
acropolis museum V as it looked before and after the work o did today
1:03 PM: after stretching by the creek this morning, i went back into acropolis museum V, which i had considered complete until today. i felt, for starters, that, while i loved that spare quality the painting had, the female figure of the jumping skateboarder needed more definition to liven up the compsition. for now i’ve left parts of her body unpainted, in keeping with the suggested but not fully defined other figures.
one thing i’ve learned from the masters is that going back to figures you’ve painted a number of times gives you more and more freedom in painting them. like, oh yeah, i remember that arm; that thigh; that hair. and this gives you the ability to create a shorthand for the figures, the architecture,…whatever. and, although they’ve never met off the canvas, they love interacting with one another.
i keep pondering how to title my upcoming solo houston exhibition in april, and have a list of possibilities. the latest if figurative-ISH.
7:31 AM: i drew this yesterday on my iPhone. We don’t celebrate Hannukah, but a friend published photos of a variety of Menorah designs from around the world, and i thought i’d do my part.