2:44 PM: i started my day by making some additions to watercolor/collage 151, which i started yesterday. while i liked the suggestive emptyness of yesterdays version, i wasn’t satisfied with the composition and felt it needed something more. 3 collaged pieces were added: a small bit of a map over the head of the woman on the let, who looked like the was geass growing out of her head; a piece of a previous cut-up creek-scape between the two figures and ont he right of the male figure, a few pieces of cut-up calligraphic brush marks i made last week, with the intention of using them, as i did today, in a future watercolor/collage. and beneath them i collaged a piece of paper whiter than the arches watercolor paper i used, creating an optical shift.
once i completed those modifications, i went on to start a larger composition: watercolor/collage 152, 13x20.” elements form my creek paintings: roiling blue water, a large log & some fallen leaves play against elements taken from some of my photos of figures from above. the figure on the right wears an open robe draped around her shoulders, and may have just emerged from her bath. on the left in a green top is a woman wheeling a baby carriage, the outlines of which we can just make out. i’ll have to wait till tomorrow to know if any further work is needed on this one. we’ll look at it together with mikela this afternoon & see what we each feel.
watercolor/collage 152 13x20”