1/19/20 BELOW are 2 collaes i made on 1/10 and 1/11, just before leaving on our trip.they are a next step in the evolution of this unexpected series. the series began as a way of avoidung unnecessary stress to my shoulder. it now looks like this may continue for at least another 3-4 weeks. the evolution, starting with plein air gouaches & oils created at the creek over the past decade, is clear. a simplification, or abstraction if you prefer, of the basic elements: rocks, rushing creek water, branches, are unchanging. employimg collage has given space for transitioning between calligraphic, gestural marks and cut out pieces of old oil palettes, notes, maps, newspaper, magazine images, ads and articles.
saturday, 1/18/20: we just returned from edwards and boulder/denver. as always, i made some drawings at h&h restaurant/coffee shop in edwards. i didn’t make as many as usual, but here they are:
k’s sky after todays work
sunday, 1/19/20: i had dental surgery yesterday morning in boulder. he added some bone graft to an implant that was acting up ,as well as more tissue. it seems to thiness of the tissue in that one spot was part of the problem. it required 2 or 3 stitches, and i didn’t think recovery would be a big deal. but it started swelling & throbbing, making me look like a chipmunk and feel like crap. so after my mentee k. came over to the studio to continue his latest sky, i came back to the house to apply ice & lie down.
k. is doing something very interesting. in his last painting (which he has already sold!) he focused on discreet areas of the composition, and when he finished one went on to the next. iin this one, he decided to take a different, overall approach.