celebration XIII, 30x34” oil on portrait linen, as she looked moments ago
1:55 PM: i rolled up yeserdays roiling creek 1 and put it in a corner. i didn’t like where it was going, and there was too much going on underneath from previous compositions, including collaged elements that ultimately took away from the freshness.
so i started celebration XIII, a continuation of my celebration series, which i worked on back in march through may of this year. when i use some of the figures that have appeared many times in earlier paintings, they become like a familiar laguage that i can play with more and more freely. while the juices are flowing, i can play around; scraping, smudging and using my brush sometimes like a tool, other times like a japanese calligrapher.