starting "jazz 12" / by Philip Tarlow

jazz 12, 35x37”/89x94cm. oil on portrait linen, as it looked at the end of my painting day today.

2:24 PM: i stopped here so i’d have time to post, get back to the house, change & get to the 3:30 meeting. it’s a good start, continuing the trend towards more varied colors & patterns, drawing from many sources but mostly my GUT!

at work moments ago on the new jazz 12. it has the same dimensions as the rest in this series: 35x37”/89x94cm.

1:13 PM: i have about another hour & a half left to paint before we leave for our meeting. so i started work on jazz 12 and will continue painting. i’ll post what i did before leaving the studio at about 3pm.

11:21 AM: today will be a shorter day in the studio, as we have a Land Trust meeting to attend at 3:30, having to do with important local issues such as fire mitigation, etc.

i’m preparing a new canvas and am about to launch in to the unknown; i’ll update once i’ve made some early marks…