words&worlds, day 8 / STILL LIFE WITH REFUGEES, DAY 1 / by Philip Tarlow

3:32 PM: this is day 1 of still life with refugees, 42x42”

words & worlds as it looked following the additions i mention below.

2:11 PM: as i began work on still life with refugees, i ambled across the work table to words & worlds. “black,” i thought. so i introduced some black to the upper left quadrant and then added some japonese inspired yellow patterning. earlier, i had introduced a few green marks inspired by a vuillard fabric in one of his master paintings, which have become an integral part of the composition.

12:56 PM: today i’ve got both paintings on my work table and am going back and forth between the new one and the previous words & worlds.