7:27 pm: the sky about half an hour ago, with the rising moon on the right.
2:35 pm: i found it difficult in the beginning to get into my zone. mikela and i are rarely apart, but today i decided to stay home and not drive with her to the event in creede. usually we can feel one another's creative process. although she's in the house & i'm 500 feet away in my studio, we are acutely aware of one another's creative process.
so this morning i had to get my bearings before diving in. but once i did, and received an email that she had arrived safely, i was able to enter the zone state and i did good work. this painting may actually be resolved. as usual, i'll know when i walk in tomorrow morning.
as i had predicted, the lower 2/3 of the composition balances out the intensity of the figures in the upper left. and the magical transparency of the acropolis museum floor, combined with the shadows cast by the figures, draws you into the painting. it's one of those paintings you simply have to see in person. so i hope a few of you who are reading this will show up at the opening on november 5th, at gremillion in houston. on the LEFT: a detail of the painting.
i think this will complete the grouping of 3 works within the parade series of paintings. i'm ready to move on, in parade 54, to a different image. i just found out that all the paintings need to be in the gallery by the second week in october, at the latest. so the reality is, i only have time for one more before we ship.