3:10 PM: i collaged the paper i had taped to this painting yesterday afternoon to see whether it worked or not. when i came in this morning, it was clear that the painting improved with the collaged piece, so i proceeded to attach it permanantly. the straight line where the collaged map above the rock at the top of the composition was bothering me, so i broke it up. there are i few other things i’m just now noticing, which i’ll address tomorrow morning.
DETAIL of the green marks breaking up the straight edge of the collaged map
then i started a new one: tokyo olympics 16, which you see here in stage 1. while it has elements of previous oils in the series, thus far it has a beautiful, elegant simplicity that i’d like to maintain throughout the process. the yellows were inspired by an 18th c. japanese woodblock print.
tokyo olympics 16, 15 1/2 x 37 1/4” oil on triple primed portrait linen