the acropolis museum III, 35x37” oil on linen following today’s additions
BELOW: acropolis museum III before and after today’s changes
2pm: acropolis museum III has been hanging in the house. after gazing at it for the last few weeks, it became clear that, although it’s spareness was beautiful, we both felt it needed something more.
i brought it to the studio yesterday, but wasn’t in the right space to mess with it. today i felt differently, so i’ve been making some additions, taking care not to do too much and spoil it’s elegant, geometric simplicity. i introduced a new figure in the bottom left, inspired by a shot i took in salida of a kid taking off his shoe. and i added color to a few of the other figures, which now pop. after a few other changes. i’ve stopped here for the day.
2011 painting , 6x51/2” oil on linen
the kid i added, who is taking off his shoe
10:26 AM: yesterday i picked up my weekly order of fresh baked sourdough & this morning i toasted a piece, slathered it with French Brie, tomato & capers, put it in the toaster oven and had it with fresh, home roasted & ground Yemen Sanani Ismaili Traditional coffee. oh yeah!
i am what the greeks call meraklis:
Meraki means to do something with passion and absolute devotion. A “Meraklis” or “Meraklou” puts his or her soul into something. It can be the simplest of tasks, such as making a coffee for your girlfriend – you made it with love, with meraki!
so how come WE don’t have a word for that? think about it.
this small painting of rocks, dating from 2011, reveals my decades long love affair with rocks, going back to my teen years at birchwoods, the interrracial camp i attended from the ages of 5 to 15. visit my story page for more about this: https://www.philiptarlow.com/chatty-bio
and here’s the 1954 letter from the Director, Otto K. Rosaahn, announcing that fact:
8/9/11 painting of rocks, 6x51/2” oil on linen
