2:49 update: PARADE 39 RESOLVED? i'll know better tomorrow morning when i enter the studio. i may lighten the blue jacket on the upper left; now that everything else has been so finely tuned, it stands out a bit too much as i scan the painting from across the room. aside form that, i feel like i've done good work today, and that parade 39 now sings! i especially love the detail below, on row 2, right. a language....a shorthand is evolving that balances abstract form with representational specifics.
parade 39 32x78" at the end of my work day today. it may be complete; i'll know in the morning.
parade 39 as it looked before starting work on it
12:13pm update: in reviewing parade 39, i feel it's too busy. so i'm going to work on that, without, i hope, doing anything stupid that ruins it!
11:31update: this is the first page of a document containing a selection of 30 of my abstract collages. to see more, go to recent collages, under the works menu bar.
10:09 am update: late. it's late to be making the second thermos. clear sky, not blustery silent, here in the baca. just the persistent ringing in my ear, like a call to battle.
but there is no battle.