7:34 PM: i’ve been looking at creek oil 2, which hangs in our living room since we placed it there a few weeks ago. i think it deserves a re-adjusted photograph that captures more of it’s subtlties. so i reshot it a few hours ago and just now re-adjusted the colors. here it is:
2020 creek oil 2, 26x78” oil on linen
2:18 PM: we’re back from our walk, during which i took a fall, for a change. this time it was my left knee and right palm that were injured. we have to get to the P.O. in town before it closes at 3:45. so it’s not going to be a painting day. i’m eager to continue along this new path however, and i should be able to get to my studio early tomorrow. i’m liking the process i’ve developed of starting a new creek inspired watercolor, then cutting it into curvilinear pieces and using those pieces in addition to the many other pieces and scraps of paper i have on my work table.
BELOW: on the left you see my collaging space, with a blank piece of white board where i’ll be creating a new one tomorrow morning. on the left of this photo are pieces of the watercolors i recently cut into curvilinear pieces. on the lower right you can make out a curled up piece of map. on the upper left, you can see a piece of painted watercolor paper showing the areas where i cut pieces of it out to use in a recent watercolor/collage.
and on the right, my watercolor space, directly opposite the collaging area, where you see me just a few moments ago, working on a new watercolor destined to be cut into pieces tomorrow. i’ll continue work on that tomorrow.
it’s important to me that you see this: the actual process of an actual artist at work, in the thick of it!
8:13 AM: after looking at watercolor/collage 131 last night and this morning, both mikela and i are feeling differently about it. for the moment, it will remain as is and when we get back from our walk, i’ll start a new one. so all that i held forth on yesterday about how it’s an example of an unsuccessful composition now goes out the window!
this is a drawing from a 1998 sketch book i was looking through yesterday. more when we’re back from our walk.