jazz 12, day 1. 35x37”/89x94 cm. oil on portrait linen
2:27 PM:i ran out of steam a little while ago, so i’m stopping for the day. i’m also having some pain in my right lower jaw, which is where the temporary crowns were inserted. so i’ll go back to the house, lie down & put some ice on it.
following along the path i carved out with the previous 3-4 paintings in my jazz series, this one is a lot more colorful with it’s pinks, blues, greens & bright yellows. inspired by 18th c. japanese prints and melding them with some of the figures seen from above from my growing series of images shot as far back as 10 years ago, and working always with an ever present awareness of exactly what the diebenkorn quote below so eloquently puts forth, i continue to zero in on my voice; my note.
working on the extra fine portrait linen is making all the difference in my work. brushing on the colors is really magical; no other surface i’ve worked on has this quality. so i just ordered 2 more rolls. if i continue with these dimensions, that should provide me with enough canvas for about 36 new paintings!
today’s palettes, can be seen BELOW.
12:35 PM: this morning i got to work on a new canvas: jazz 13. this doesn’t mean i’m done with all the previous one; there’s always a possibility i may decide one of them needs more work.
as i continue working, i wanted to post this great quote from diebenkorn: