6:39 PM:the 3 sky paintings BELOW were revised today. i rotated, going from one to the other, using the same palette. about half way through i had to put out a second palette. it was like nothing i’ve ever done; like keeping 3 plates spinning. discoveries i made in one spilled over to the other two, and as a result there is a strong relationship between these paintings. i’m learning evrey day, studying the sky as we take our walks up to the stupa; as we drive home on our travels and as i gaze, every morning and evening form our windows out over the slv and at the peaks of the sangres.
roiling, 38x36” mixed media on canvas as it looked after my revisions yesterday morning
10:45 am: yesterday’s warm up was to do more work on this abstracted landscape, which was hanging in our living room since it was completed on 10/16/18. all of my frustration at not being able to make big, gestural marks as i progress with my sky series, was temporarily relieved by doing exactly that in this revision of a painting i was never completely satisfied with.
so how do i reconcile these two seemingly disparate paths. nothing to reconcile; they are one and the same.