day 1 of KODO 1, 24x28” oil on linen
4:09 PM: this afternoon, following our deeply moving experience of KODO this past weekend at shumei here in crestone, i began a new series inspired by photos & video i shot of the taiko drummers at the event. i started late afternoon, so what you see is just the very beginning and, as is true with all my new projects, there’s no predicting where she will go. i’m calling the series KODO.
words & worlds, 42x40” oil & collage on linen
1:36 PM: i last worked on this painting on april 20, when i introduced the blue ground. today i finally stretched it, and here she is, wrinkle free at last! it was tricky, because the collaging i had done created lots of ripples and wrinkles, but now they’re almost 100% gone, and she looks pretty great!