good doc V, 38x35”/89x97cm. oil & collage on linen
2:03 PM: today is actually an excellent example to the creative process, or at least my creative process. i could not have reached this point without having done everything you observe in the before image i posted below.
i painted over the entire right portion of the composition and replaced it with the faded pink of the brick floor. it’s now way easier for the eye to roam about unimpeded. and the focus, naturally, is now on the duplicate figures of the good doctor with his blue plaid shirt, as seen from above. the yellow bit i left untouched, to the left of the figures, it now far more critical to the composition, as are the adjacent reds.
there’s a third figure below, which i haven’t much talked about. he was inspired by an 18th c. japanese print, and stands next to a large vase, almost half his height. right now, as i gaze at the painting from my usual 20 feet, it seems resolved. this one in particular really needs to be mounted on stretcher bars to eliminate the surrounding white canvas, which i’ll do as soon as it dries in a few days.
BELOW: before & after today’s modifications
