words & worlds, 42x40” which was completed on april 20, ‘24
2:37 PM: i completed words & worlds, 42x40” back on late april. since then, being one of my favorites, it’s been hanging on my studio wall. this afternoon, i shot a few details of the painting, which you see here.
all morning i’ve been working on a 12x8” potrait of a friend here in crestone, which i’m not going to post for reasons of privacy. if he feels ok with me posting it, maybe you’ll see it tomorrow. this is just day one, and there’s still a lot to do. the portrait is from aphoto i shot of him a while back. he was kind of surprised that i was going to make this painting of him, so i explained that, during my 15 year stay in greece, i made quite a few portraits; many of construction workers from a site near my studio at the time. whevever i glanced at the printout of the photo, i felt a longing to paint a portrait. so i found a piece of portrait linen, upon which i had painted a dark grey ground some time ago, and transfered a tracing of the photo onto the canvas. let’s see where she takes me tomorrow.