tennis suite 1, 35x35” oil on portrait linen, on day one, as it looked moments ago
2:54 PM: we’re watching the french open matches. there are lots of beautiful images of the players shot from above, which as you know is my favorite thing to include in a painting. so mikela paused the video images at points that seemed interesting in terms of form, color, movement and shadows, and i shot stills. this is the first painting i’m making on the new roll of portrait linen that arrived a few days ago. it’s my favorite surface to work on; takes the paint beautifully!