more work on shinkei / by Philip Tarlow

a history of shinkei since November 11th. start in the upper left then 2nd row left

at work on on shinkei this morning

12:37 PM: as I prepared my breakfast, I cast glances at shinkei. difficult to know what’s going on in artist’s heads when they’re working on a painting. there are days, like today, when even I don’t profess to know. sometimes, as i’ve said repeatedly, you know with certainty that it’s the painting that’s dictating your moves.bruce hanley said recently in art forum: “…art is a consolation for, not the redemption of, the PTSD of existing.” something to ponder.

every painting has it’s own logic. you know instantly, or I do at least, if that logic is clean, clear….complex in the most simple, natural way; somehow inevitable.