DETAIL of illusory city following todays work
1:52 PM: I decided this morning to return to illusory city, 42x48”which I last worked on December 25th. as you will observe BELOW, it has been painted over and is a very different painting.the inspiration remains: Chinese 12th century and Japanese 18th century paintings. on the left is the painting as it looked on December 25th, and on the right todays version. visible is the under layer with a figure on horseback.
I was struck, when reading the interview my son dimitri gave following the opening of his new theatre production in poreia theatre, athens yesterday, by a similarity in what each of us is up to. he has taken great greek poems from sappho all the way up to embirikos, a contemporary greek poet who died in 1975, and melded them into something new, while retaining the individuality and music of each. I feel i’m doing something parallel in my recent work, both in my sound of a flute series and in this new series. more about this once I have a chance to re-read and digest his lengthy, very well written review which was just published in lifo.
