tokyo olympics skateboarder, 90x96cm.
DETAIL: tokyo olympics skateboarder, 90x96cm.
4:32 PM: continuing the process of reviewing each of the 11 final oil selections for my show next month in athens, today is the turn of tokyo olympics skateboarder, 90x96cm.
this almost square composition has some interesting features evident in this detail; the collaged map on the upper left is one of them. it was added late in the development of the composition, and provides a counterpoint to the other blues on the lower right & left. the skateboarders arms, cropped on top & extending deep into the compositoin on the left, are critical to the suggested feeling of wild abandon, which is my first impression when i glance at this painting.
2:49 PM: having completed most of the logistics for my upcoming athens show, i started a 56x17 cm. gouache on arches paper of a small group of guys seated at a coffee shop on the main, marble paved streets of downtown chora, andros. a large circular convex mirror looms above them, reflecting the neoclassical houses and capturing any oncoming pedestrians or traffic. it’s too early to tell, but the feeling of chora is already there.
andros coffee shop, day 1 56x17cm. gouache on paper