the first in the new hu series is 38x20” linen
2:01 PM: this morning i felt like the second 80x20” piece of portrait linen i cut (the first was used for gained vision IV”) was too big, and i had the desire to cut it in half, resulting in two 38x20” canvases.
i initially intended to make them 2 interconnected paintings, but changed my mind afer watching this video of the hu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4xZUr0BEfE
in this photo you see me from my loft, where i took my nikon & tripod & set it to a 20 second delay, giving me just enough time to scurry back down & grab my brush. and as i was ding all this, we had a 5 minute burst of heavy rain & wind, creating wonderful aromas we haven’t experienced in quite a while.
remembering and somehow returning to a state of play, as we all experienced when we were little kids, is something that requires a deep, unstructured letting go. i feel i’m getting closer to that space, but the mind is such a trap!
i’ll pick up where i left off tomorrow morning earlier than today.