celebration III, 14x18” oil on linen as it looked moments ago
3:05 PM: so now that i finished today’s rework on celebration I & II, i started celebration III, which is 14x18” oil on portrait linen, like the other two. it strated out with drawings of the drummers, which got wiped, leaving the kinds of traces and remnants of marks & activity that turn me on!
one of the guys celebrating the end of the 2021 olympics is wearing his black & white checkered trousers, pink checkered shoes and holding a red rope, not yet completely visible at this early stage of development. to his left are sketches of visitors to the acropolis museum in athens, checking out the exhibits and talking amongst themselves.
these are all members, as i have shred before, of my growing menagerie of characters, mostly viewed from above (not the guy with the checkered trousers) and searching for their connection to one another, having been unexpectedly thrown onto a canvas, not knowing where they’re headed next.!
celebration I 14x18” at 2pm
celebration II 14x18” at 2pm
2:02 PM: i continued work on celebration I & II this afternoon. both are bathed in graphite grey, so that the figures pop.
10:52 AM: today i’m taking a closer look at this one, titled simply long narrow, because both mikela and i feel it’s one of the best in the series. so i’m examining what it is that makes it stand out.
BELOW: 3 details of the painting