2:42 PM: final marks for the day before going on our stupa walk at 3. BELOW: current state of 12/19/20 creek oil and watercolor/collage 166. the oil now has more pink, which enlivens the entire image, and a very fortuitous sweep of my palette knife creating that loop on the left, stabilizing and adding a certain character to the composition as a whole. the watercolor/collage needs work, but is slowly finding it’s voice. it’s become a variation on the image of mikela watering our flowering plant, seen from above, and has collaged elements that create more musical notes; a kind of falsetto. i know you think i’m wacko, but tha’s how i see it! until tomorrow, hope you enjoyed your xmas. i got a fantastic gift from mikela: a watch that will arrive oabout january 6 or 7th. i’ll share a photo tomorrow or this evening when we return from our walk.
12/19/20 creek oil at 1pm
1:34 PM: more work on 12/19/20 creek oil, with the new element, taken from my photo from above of mikela watering our flowering plant.
watercolor/collage 166 at 1:30 pm
and continued work on watercolor/collage 166, which also has elements from the same photo.
DETAIL of 12/19/20 creek oil 32x32”
11:36 AM: i arrived in my studio on xmas day with renewed energy and immediately jumped back into 12/19/20 creek oil. i’m going to leave it for now and move on to watercolors, all the while casting evaluating glances.
BELOW: yesterdays version on the left and todays on the right. the underlying pink and freshly applied orange/siena marks form rock inspired shapes and the blue mimicks creek water, with faint white dots indicating bubbles in the water.
