3:07 PM: it’s been raining pretty heavily most of the day and will likely continue through sunset. i continued work on the new celebration 28, and was obliged to use artificial light. it’s evelving and definitly looks like a sibling hanging next to the previous two paintings. the violet tree trunk shape up top needs to be somehow broken up, but i think the newly collaged elements enrich the composition. she’s beginning to sing her song but hasn’t yet figured out all the chords.