1:56 PM: the lower portion of gained vision IV looked way to heavy when i entered the studio this morning. i whited over it, intentionally leaving some of the underpainting visible. then i proceeded to work into it, using a few of my creek phostos as inspiration, and adding a triangle of green/yellow in the lower right corner., which may or may not remain.
i think it’s definitely an improvement over yesterday’s version, but i’m not yet sure whether it hangs together. i did want a much less cluttered surface with one focal point; in this case the figure up top. i owe a lot to matisse & diebenkorn (as diebenkorn owes a lot to matisse!)
looking at it now from 20+ feet, i’m seeing that the whited over portion below enlivens the entire composition in a way that couldn’t have been predicted, thereby becoming an element in my constant striving for the unpredictable!
gained vision IV as it looked at the end of my painting day today