minoan celebration, 38x38” following todays modifications
3:39 PM: after starting quacker this morning, my gaze shifted to minoan celebration, which i had considered resolved. so i stretched her, and when i did, she calle dout to me for something a bit bolder; something that would take all the patterning, figures and creek references and allow them to sing their song more melodically.
so i introduced the blue, green and red around the borders, which actually seems to work. i’ll have to see tomorrow morning, when my vision if fresh.
quacker 35x38” as it looked at the end of my painting day today
1:27 PM: after stretching a new 35x38” canvas this morning, i started quacker. i think she speaks for herself.
when i started painting i imagined creating this image as part of a larger composition, with varoius views form above entering the picture. but at the moment, i’m satisfied just gazing at this duck, with her reflectoin in the orange water…
my intuition right now is: don’t mess with quacker; let her be. she reminds us of how peaceful, colorful and vibrant nature is.
after gazing at her for the past few hours, i’ll definitely be messing with her though.