"guests enter," day 2 / by Philip Tarlow

guests enter 14x18” oil on portrait linen, following the work i just did.

3:12 PM: i made further modifications just now, breaking up the purple shadow behind the head of the figure walking through the open door & introducing some subtle patterning on the concrete floor .

1:51 PM: i gingerly renewed work on the delicately balanced guests enter (16x20”) . mikela hadn’t seen it in person, and stopped off on her way to school, as usual making some interesting and useful observations, and generally enthusiastic about the painting. so here it ia following the additions i just made.

BELOW: guests enter as it looked yesterday and today