DETAIL of hoogeloon today
2:49 PM: I brought hoogeloon over to the house & after gazing at it for 24 hours, brought it back to the studio for modifications. it needed simplification. i’ve run out of archival glue sticks & had to use neutral ph adhesive, which is in liquid form & can get messy. watercolor marks can be seen, in addition to the various collaged elements. i’ll boring it back over to the house soon & see how it holds up. BELOW: yesterdays version on the left, todays on the right.
4:30 PM:
while i liked the white shape on the upper left, which i kept seeing as an eagle in profile, the composition as a whole was a bit too obvious, even predictable.
my work today opened the space, allowing it to breathe, and introduced a more painterly element with the calligraphic brush strokes in blue watercolor on white. as a result, the forms and marks are more biomorphically suggestive. that yellow line, together with the green marks at the bottom allow this collage to finally sing; that unpredictable moment i always hope for but can never plan. hwile i sorely miss working big, i’ve always loved working small with collage on paper, where an entire section can morph by simply collaging a piece of white paper; a map; an old drawing fragment……
