10:45 AM: sometimes i like starting my day with a little drawing while having my tea & toast. this morning was one of those days.
cycladic revery, day 2 /
cycladic revery, 32x32” on day 2
12:38 PM: the painting has been flipped 180 and two dancers have entered the composition, as well as a green background
CYCLADIC REVERY, 32x32" day 1 /
cycladic revery, 32x32” oil on linen, as it looked at the end of day one.
3:14 PM: a new painting is emerging today, titled cycladic revery. it’s 32x32” and, thus far, has lots of white space enveloping the 5 figures, four of which are interacting with one another on a beach on the island of andros.
celebration VI, 16x20" 11/4/24 /
celebration VI, 16x20” oil on linen, 11/4/2024
12:40 PM: this 16x20” celebration VI painting caught my eye this morning and is now hung in a more prominant position here in my studio.
"WADAIKO" /
wadaiko, 42x32” is a new painting i started yesterday, and will continue to work on tomorrow
1:47 PM: this is the third day i’m working on this new painting, titled wadaiko, 42x32”, a term used outside of japan to refer to a style of drumming called kumi-daiko.
sunrise /
7:48 AM: the eastern sky at 6:48 am.
further tweaks "interior with creek" /
before moving on to a new painting, which will be the exact same size as this one, 32x42”, i made a few more important tweaks to interior with creek. i focused mainly on the mandolin player and specifically, the mandolin iteself.
tweaks to interior with creek /
interior with creek, 32x42” following todays tweaks
today i assembeled the stretcher bars and stretched the canvas, and made some tweaks to the mandolin player in interior with creek., mainly to the instrument itself as well as the player. there’s a bit more to do tomorrow.
interior with creek, day 3 / 80x19" 2023 painting hanging in our house /
interior with creek, 32x42” oil on primed linen, as she looked at the end of my painting day today
2:06 PM: today i continued painting interior with creek, adding a light green around the existing elements of this composition, as well as a female mandolin player. it’s a very different painting now, and i have to integrate what i just did before continuing, unless i decide it’s resolved.
8:02 AM: this is one of the 2023 paintings in oil on linen hanging in our house
interior with creek, day 2 /
interior with creek, 32x42” oil on primed linen
2:20 PM: i’m taking it slow with this one, as it has, thus far, a very delicate balance. some yellows have appeared, as well as a second creekscape sketch down at the bottom in the center. there’s a very thin line separating descriptive from “abstract,” and just as we as americans need to put our country first, as an artist i always aim for putting the composition and color balance first. i want to leave you, the viewer, space to dream.