celebration 22, 32x36” following todays re-work.
3:43 PM: today’s work is part of on ongoing need to simplify some of my recent celebration series painitngs. in this one was attempting to be true to the elements if composition in the photo i shot of an acrobat performing in the 2024 tokyo olympics. the more i gazed at it on my east painting wall, the more i felt the need to simplify elements of the composition that seemed to take away from the 4 stages of flips this acrobat is performing.
i mixed a warm ochre and began working over it. as i did, i reworked two of the figures; the one on the left and the 2nd figure in from the right. it’s almost there, and tomorrow morning i’ll see what more needs work. see the before & after pics BELOW.
and as i gaze at it, my eye keeps shifting over to the the one i’ve been re-working over the past 2 days: celebration 26. i’m 50-50 on whether or not to simplify it, since the composiiotn is far more integrated with the figures.
BELOW: celebration 22 before & after todays changes
