jazz 16 on day 1 35x37”/89x94 cm. as it looked at the end of my painting day, when i scraped over it with my palette knife
3:43 PM: today, after my usual futzing around & trying, over breakfast, to make sense of the articles in art forum magazine, i started painting jazz 16. i spent practically the entre day working on the figure of a skateboarder and then a tennis player throwing up the ball. i was taking special care with the female skateboarder, putting little touches on her legs, her arms her garment, her hair.
at the very end of the day, when i was getting pretty tired, i grabbed my spatula and scraped over everything. so all my details became a blur. and i like the blur. i like it better than before. i didn’t think to photograph the painting before the scrapes, so there’s no record of it. but honestly, now that i’m gazing at it i way prefer the blur!
actually, it started when i looked at the cover of the latest art forum magazine. it has a blurred photo of a frontal view of a standing nude. i found it far more interesting, compelling actually, than if it had been sharp & clear.
so what do i do about the others, which are pretty detailed?
the art forum cover i was referring to in my post
12:03 PM: here are 3 details of the recently modified jazz 12.