celebration 23-next phase / figurative vs pure abstraction / by Philip Tarlow

celebration 23, 32x36”, oil on portrait linen, as she looked at the end of my painting day today.

3:20 PM: i continued work on celebration 23 until just a few minutes ago. i’m cooked for the day and will see where it’s at in the morning.

celebration 23, 32x36” as she looked moments ago

i worked on celebration 23 this afternoon. right now, it has some very vibrant colors and doesn’t have that somewhat muted, pastely look of the others in this series.

untitled, october , 2017, 38x36” oil on linen

10:15 AM: this is one of the paintings in my collection, made in october of 2017, in my crestone studio. it reflects my mood at the time. it has some interesting similarities to my recent celebraton 22, which however ocntains figures.

i think at that time, 7 years ago, i was exploring abstraction and slowly began discovering that figurative abstraction is my true path.

so lets see where celebration 23 goes today; i’m about to dive in!

celebration 23 as she looks at the start of my painitng day

celebration 22, 32x36” oil & collage on portrait linen