revision of jazz 11 / by Philip Tarlow

jazz 11 as it looked moments ago, at the end of my painting day today.

2:54 PM: i wasn’t satisfied with the 1:30 pm changes, so i continued working, and here’s the result.

ON THE RIGHT are the areas i most worked on: the figur eof the female singer and, to her right, what was originally a bird has become a japanese figure with an extrvagant hat!

1:27 PM: the original blue bird, from day 1 of jazz 11, as beautiful as it was, was no longer an effective part of this composition. so today, after our first morning creek walk of the season, i painted over it. still not certain of the result, so i may go back into it now. here’s the before & after, BELOW