celebration 19, 20x38” oil & collage on portrait linen, as she looked at the end of my painting day
2:56 PM: today i think i may reached resolution with celebration 19. i collaged some cut up pieces of recent quill drawings, along with a piece of a map of paris. the blue of the sea in that map enlivens the entire composition and, along with a few blue stripes on the top & bottom right and the pink strip i added yesterday to the right edge of the painting, allow her to sing her song.
now that i’ve finally reached this place of aliveness and delicate balance with this painting, i’m looking at her brothers & sisters hanging to the right and left of her, as well as below her, and getting hits on what i might do that would provide them with a similar subtelty. do i dare go back into them, or start something new on the 38x38” canvas i stretched yesterday? stya tuned!