still life with refugees un-greyed 42x42”
vyd zverkhou un-greyed
6:54 PM: i decided to un-grey both of them. too dark.
VYD ZVERKHOU II after having been greyed over this morning.
12:29 PM: this morning i mixed up grey oils and painted them over about 80% of vyd zverkhou II. and then i painted 7 letters of the ukrainian alphabet, in caps, into the still wet grey. it gave the painting a new identity, and it’s as if the ukrainian letters are announcing it. the figures of the guitar player and the drummer are prominant., and little bits of pink and blue peek through from the pre-greyed composition.
still life with refugees 42x42” oil & collage on linen after being greyed over this morning
as well, i broght the newly stretched sill life with refugees back form the house, where we’d been evaluating it for the past few days. my eye bounced around like a ping pong ball whenever i glanced at it.
the figures of the skateboarding girl and the walking plaid shirted guy now transmit an entirely different energy. and the ukrainian letters have appeared in this one as well. it’s hard to describe what they add to the entire composition, but it works.