celebration 28 32x36" oil on linen, on day one
3:58 PM: i started painting celebration 28 this afternoon, following the tweaks i made earlier in the day to celebration 26. it’s a rather more ambitious beginning than usual, and thus far it’s following in the footsteps of it’s two predecessors.
celebration 26, 36x36” oil & collage on portrait linen, as she looked following this mornings tweaks
12:42 PM: the central portion of celebratiopn 26 wasn’t working in the composition, so i did some work on it this morning, on this unusual rainy dark day. i collaged a piece of paper on which i had drawn, worked into the surrounding area with oils and added a basketball hoop just to the right of the jumping player in blue. i was surprised at what a difference that basket made, making the entire upper left area more coherent, giving the eye something to bounce off…pardon the pun!
BELOW; before (left) and after todays tweaks
BELOW: details of the painting
after all these years, i finally bought a book on paul klee. it’s rated the best, most comprehensive one, and i can’t wait to begin reading it.
