"fear no more III" /  by Philip Tarlow

fear no more III on 1-7-25 2:46pm

2:42 PM: a few moments ago, a small piece of paper was collaged to the right & just above the head of the large female figure carrying the red bag.

fear no more III on 1-7-25 2pm

2:12 PM: so i just dealt with that red i mentioned earlier.

1pm: when i approached this painting this morning, i saw that a corner of one of the collaged pieces of paper had lifted slightly from the canvas. i could eith put more adhesive beneath it, or take my spatula and lift it off. i chose the latter, and a larger piece came off than i had anticipated, revealing and orane shape located in the upper portion of the walking woman with her red bag. it made a lot of sense, both coloristically and compositionally. it was one of those unpredictable events i so love. it’s now a critical part of the composiiton, which has been enlivened. who knew?

it still has a ways to go; right now, that red shape on the lower left is bugging me…

BELOW: the before & after

fear no more III on 1-7-25 1pm

"fear no more"...further tweaks /  by Philip Tarlow

fear no more III, 24xx20” as she looked following this morning’s tweaks

2:52 PM: you can see the tweaks i made today in the comparative photos BELOW.

fear no more III on day 4: cleaning house /  by Philip Tarlow

fear no more III, 24x20” oil & collage on portrait linen, as she looked at the end of my day in the studio.

12:50 PM: this morning i cleaned house, removing much of yesterday’s work. it can breathe deeply now.

BELOW: fear no more III LEFT: as she looked yesterday and RIGHT: today

fear no more III, on day 3 /  by Philip Tarlow

fear no more III

2:14 PM: i made some tweaks to fear no more III, mostly on the right side of the composition, and also to the female figure carrying her red bag. as well, i introduced the dividers of the large tiles beneath the feet of the two figures, and a grey wedgle-like shape on the upper left corner.

"fear no more III," day 2 /  by Philip Tarlow

1:38 PM: fear no more III, 24x20” which i started working on yesterday, has gone further, with quite a few newly collaged elements and the woman with the red bag, who has appeared in my views from above series.

fear no more III on day 1 / 2019 creekscape modifications /  by Philip Tarlow

2:22 PM: i’m still contemplating fear no more II and getting a feel for whether it needs more work.

so i started fear no more III, which is in her early stages, using the same two dancing figures as II.

i also made further additions to the 2019 creekscape i found the other day in a pile of 2019 paintings.

fear no more III, 20x24” on day 1

fear no more ll /  by Philip Tarlow

fear no more II , 20x24”, oil & collage on portrait linen, as she looked moments ago.

2:09 PM: after making a small but significant tweak to fear no more this morning, i got started on fear no more II which, for the moment, is a horizontal, 20x24” a leopard sculpture appears on the lower right, along with 2 dancers center stage. already there are 2 pieces of collaged quill pen drawings, and i’m sure there will be more as the painting progresses.

BELOW: on the right is the tweaked fear no more. the rectangular collaged paper at the top has had it’s upper left corner rounded out, making a significant difference for the better to the entire composition.

fear no more painted over / rework of 2019 creekscape /  by Philip Tarlow

2:32 PM: i found yesterday’s version of fear no more too busy and painted over it with bismuth vanadate yellow and then worked into it, introducing a figure i photographed from above in a museum. it’s impossible to reproduce this particular yellow in a photo, so this is the best i could do.

as well, mid-morning i pulled our this creekscape from a stack of 16x20” paintings in my studio and added the blues you see,here, which definitely livened it up.

2019 creekscape, oil on linen, reworked today

fear no more, 24x20” oil& collage on portrait linen

DAY 2: FEAR NO MORE /  by Philip Tarlow

fear no more, 24x20” oil & collage on portrait linen, as she looked at the end of my painting day

2:51 PM: yesterday’s painting is now titled fear no more, a title i borrowed from a poet friend; i still have to check & make shure she’s ok with that! this is the current state, as i prepare to leave my studio for the day.