3:10 PM: taking into consideration the new direction this painting has taken, i’ve renamed it. it will now be titled the last supper. the reason for this is an old photo i found in the stack of photos i’ve printed out on large sheets of heavy photo paper. it was shot from the upper floor of a friend’s house here in crestone, during a period when our little community was still intact. a dozen of us had sat down to dinner at two separate tables and, aware that there was a prime spot on the upper floor to view it, i left our table briefly to go up and capture the scene. i was unaware at the time that this would be one of the last times such a gathering would take place. in the ensuing months and years, the attendees at this dinner would begin leaving crestone, which began growing at an alarming rate, introducing a new wave of crestonites we didn’t know. at this dinner were people most of whom had been here from the beginning, when crestone/baca was still a tiny town where the residents knew one another intimately.
and so, in a very real sense, this was the last supper.
bear in mind, this is only day 2 of my work on this new painting.
the last supper 38x20” at the end of my painting day