3:13 PM: i thought it might be interesting to review the paintings selected for my upcoming exhibition by the director of genesis gallery in athens.
i’m starting off with tokyo olympics 19, 95x39cm.
BELOW: in the top of this composition there is a play of yellow, red, white pink, blue & orange that i love. it all happened one day when i felt the energy to go back into what was i kind of predictable composition and introduced that second figure with the pink shirt, which juiced up the whole composition. the patterning in the b&w shirt can be found somewhere in many of the paintings in this series.
BELOW: in the lower half of the composition, his brown trousers with that delicious patterning dominate, what i really love, which once again, as in the upper half, emerged unexpectedly at the last minute, are those marks surrounding his lower leg & foot. without that red & green, the whole thing would fall apart. and the way the skateboard is hinted at is masterful, in all humility!
tokyo olympics 19, 95x39cm.