2 PM: a little over an hour ago, i shifted my attention from jazz 16 to gained vision III, part of which i had whited over 3 days ago. i did some work on the face, hair & upper body of the japanese woman in red, and then softened it by blotting before stopping for the day. i love that it’s softer and more atmospheric than the two preceding it, so i’m taking it very slow.
gained vision III following the work i did today
DETAIL: gained vision III following today’s work
12:29 PM: a few days ago, i went back into jazz 16, 35x37”/94x89cm.,replaing the skateboarder with a different figure. i wasn’t happy with it, so today i made some radical changes in the entire composition, perhaps influenced by the direction that my new gained vision series, which is at an early stage, but contains elements i’d like to fold into some of the jazz series paintings.
most of the jazz series work, with some exceptions, consists of figures in motion, on a solid grey or white background. so now, as you will see from the comparative before and after photos, the space is broken up by playful curviliniar shapes combined with blocks of solid colors with mostly geometric shapes. so that curves and streight lines co-exist in a fashion that challenges the viewer’s eye to take a journey. hints of miro and diebenkorn are present, but the full impression reflects a journey through my six decades of mark making, with an emphasis always on the unpredictable.
jazz 16 following the work i just did today
jazz 16 as it looked on june 19