7:23 PM: i’ve been creating new collages almost daily, and today was no exception. i’m especially excited about this one. i spent the entire day working on it. i’m preparing a future talk about my process of creating collages, possibly in conjenction wiyj my upcoming exhibition at SHUMEI Institute here in crestone.
10/27/26 collage, 11×14” on Bristol paper
2:27 PM: today, after a quick trip to the P.O. to pick up our favorite yemeni coffee beans, i created two new collages, where i obviously learned from the collages i’ve been making over the past few weeks:
10/23/26 collages A & B, 14x11”
4:17 PM: today i hung and photographed recent paintings.
3:37 PM: i started my morning by making a 14x11” drawing in pencil of mikela, sitting across from me in her usual easy chair, working on her project on her laptop. then i was inspired to make a second drawing, this time adding a couple of collaged elements.
they are now both on my south studio wall, looking quite handsome together.
the 14×11” drawing/collage on bristol paper of mikela at work, which i made today after completing the earlier drawing.
drawing of Mikela at work on 10/20/26, 14×11” on bristol paper
6:18pm: another magical sunset
3:27 PM: today i made a new 14x11” collage, which includes pieces of one of my drawings from 2 years ago, some bits of goldfish photos that enliven the composition with their reds and a piece of a map.it was brought to life when i added some yellow marks at the top of the composition.
10/19/26 collage on bristol paper
10:50 AM: this morning i made a 14x11” collage titled 10/12/26 dancer. she started out as a collage of cutout portions of the drawings i made yesterday while sitting in a salida coffee shop after getting our covid and flu vaccinations at walmart.
10/12/26 dancer collage went through quite a few stages today and just 15 minutes ago i left the house, where we’re preparing to eat dinner, and walked back over to my studio. i made changes, and as a result, dancer has virtually disappeared.
i’m very tired now, so we’ll have our dinner, watch a little tv and go to bed. i’ll see how she strikes me when i’m fresh, tomorrow morning.
10/12/26 dancer collage, 14×11” collaged drawings & crayon on bristol paper
10/8/26 paddler 17×11” colored pencil, crayon & collage on paper
10/8/26 paddler 17x11":
i returned to the paddler today. the original is from a series i made in 2015, inspired by photos i shot looking down from the bridge in alamosa. this one has collaged elements, as does the one i created in 2022.
PT in Studio, 25×25” 10/4/26 oil on portrait linen
12:54 PM: i started this one yesterday and it looks like i may have completed it today. in case you didn’t see yesterdays blog post, this painting was inspired by a photo mikela shot of me a few days ago of me wearing my studio apron and standing in front of a recent painting hanging on my East studio wall.
i find that making a painting over a previous, whited over painting adds richness. i’ve been doing that lately and, as i look at those paintings and compare them to the ones painted on the original white ground prepared by artfix, i prefer them. when i show them in a future exhibition, the visitors will likely have their own preferences.
PT in the Studio, 25×25” 10/3/26 oil on portrait linen
1:00 pm: this must be the 5th time i’ve whited over and then painted over an unsuccessful painting on this 25x25” potrait linen. this time, i had mikela take a photo of me standing in front of one of my paintings hanging on my east wall, printed it on 8x10” photo paper and worked from that. so far i like what’s happening; we’ll see where she goes tomorrow.
