cycladic revery, 28x32” oil & collage on linen
12:47 PM: the last time i worked on cycladic revery, 28x32”, was last month, december 2. i ahd considerd it resolved and have had it hanging on my south studio wall since then. but something wasn’t working. the viewers eye wandered about the intriguing composition with nothing to anchor it.
so i went back into it about an hour ago, using mostly collaged pieces of paper with black strokes, which i created last year and have stored in a drawer labeled “collage paper.” the only place i used oil paints in todays revision was on the central dancer, whose shoes are now red.
somehow, these relatively simple modifications have completely shifted how the painting appears to me when i cast those all important glances at it. my eye now moves about the composition as if it were guided, and experiences the relationship of the 6 previously unrelated figures as being engaged in a dance.
9:43 AM: i made a few tweaks to watercolor/collage 37, 15 3/4x 6”, which was originally created in 2024.
watercolor/collage 37, 15 3/4x6”