feeling worldly, 32x38”, oil on portrait linen, as she looked at the end of my painting day today
3:06 PM: feeling worldly is now in an early stage. i had been working on it laid flat on my painting table, but over the past half hour i tacked her to my East painting wall and introduced oil pastels which when rubbed over the uneven walll surfacem gain a beautiful texture. i’m out of juice for the day, which has been unexpectedly overcast, with temperatures matching the record high for this date of 55F.
the detail you see here shows a portion of a painting of a minotaur, which i made a few decades ago, and which hangs in our house.
2:12 PM: about an hour ago i began work on a new painting titled feeling worldly, 32x38”
it’s way too early to tell where she’s going, but i have a good feeling about this one. for now, i’m painting with the canvas, which is extra fine portrait linen, lying flat on my painting table.