2:35 PM: today i added a second figure to the composition. the composition is 78” wide, and i’ve been working on it spread out on my painting table. but after adding the second figure, i wanted to get a sense of how it looks tacked to the wall. so i figured out a way to bring it over and tack it up, which was tricky, since the paint is still wet and it’s so big.
i decided that seven fisherman figures, which are in the original (see yesterday’s post) were too many, so i chose 5 of the 7 to be in this composition. they follow the history of frangos’ story of the miracle, the fifth one all the way to the right, being the moment of revelation, where he bows his head in acknowledgement perhaps of the brilliant power of divine intervention.