"Liberation," 6x8" /  by Philip Tarlow

3:47 PM: today i made liberation, a 6x8” gouache/collage, which is mostly abstract and does contain 2 figures, which i phjotographed from above in MOMA and appear in a number of recent paintings.

liberation, 6x8” gouache & collage on arches paper

recent paintings hung on my east & south studio walls today /  by Philip Tarlow

my east studio wall, with 11 recent paintings in oil on linen

my south studio wall with 5 recent paintings in oil on linen. the one on the door is a study of vermeer, from 2020

4:49 PM: today i hung my recent work on the east and south studio walls, giving the studio visitor a sense of what i’ve been up to over the last 4-5 months.

"moonlight pizza" day 3 / “dinner on Hockney’s deck” 1987 /  by Philip Tarlow

moonlight pizza, 25x25” oil on portrait linen, following this morning’s additions

12:08 PM: i made some improvements to yesterday’s version.

dinner on hockney’s deck, 38x48” was painted in 1987, in gouache on 4 pieces of paper. at the time i was living and painting in L.A., and made frequent visits to david’s studio. we had been introduced some years earlier by our mutual friend, the late henry geldzahler.

dinner on hockney’s deck, 1987, 38x48” gouache on 4 sheets of paper

2/27/26 moonlight pizza / 2022 drawings /  by Philip Tarlow

6:37 PM: as i was going through one of our bookcases, i came across this small book of drawings from 2022. i photographed them and put them in a pages document:

drawing for moonlight pizza, 25x25” colored pencil on extra fine portrait linen

2:51 PM: today i stretched another 25x25” extra fine portrait linen and began the drawing for moonlight pizza, where we ate yesterday following my periodontist appointment.

magique revised /  by Philip Tarlow

magique, 25x25” oil on portrait linen, as she looked after painting over then wiping that out…softer

3:57 PM: magique was a bit too intense, so i painted over it, then rubbed that out. so it’s now simpler, softer and easier to view.

"magique" /  by Philip Tarlow

magique, 25x25” oil on portrait linen, as she looked at the end of my painting day today

3 PM: i stretched one more 25x25” canvas this morning, and immediately got to work on magique. i was in a good space, and as i cast glances at it on my east studio wall, i kinda looks resolved. the figure of the guitar player derives from a seies of photos i shot, god know when. neither of us can recall who that guy was, but he was definitly a peripheral figure in our lives. the deep red i added at the very end makes it sing, which is the whole point, isn’t it?

yesterday's modifications to "girlfriends" and "guys walkin" reversed /  by Philip Tarlow

9:33 AM: yesterday afternoon, mikela and i looked crtically at the modifications i made to girlfriends and guys walkin and concluded that the original versions were by gar superior. so, while the oil paint was still wet, i removed what i had done and brought them back to their previous state.

we both agreed, however, that the modifications i made to woman with suitcase were successful.

modifications: "woman with a suitcase" / "guys walkin" / and "girlfriends" /  by Philip Tarlow

1:35 PM: today i modified 3 earlier paintings and brought them into alignment with the ones i’ve been working on over the past week. woman with a suitcase was simplified. i painted over much of the pavement she’s walking on and introduced the blues, pinks and yellows that have recently entered my palette. the same with guys walkin and girlfriends.

they all now work hanging side by side with walking woman, which i completed last wednesday. and man walking, which i tweaked yesterday.

woman with a suitcase, 35x26” oil on portrait linen, following today’s modifications

guys walkin 28x28” oil on portrait linen, following todays modifications

girlfriends, 25x25” oil on portrait linen, following todays modifications