il torrente at the end of my painting day
3:59 PM: at the very end of the day i made revisions to il torrente along similar lines to what i did earlier in the day with illusory city.
now i have an almost irresistable urge to white over the entire sound of a flute series, which would be radical.lets see how i’m feeling in the morning. the entire sound of a flute series seems to me too obvious, but could contain the bones of more suggestive, less specific works.
illusory city, 42x48” at 1 pm today
1:31 PM: i had whited over illusory city with oil stick, which allowed portions of the painting as it was to peek through. i liked what happened, especially the bit in the upper right corner. so i painted over that with red & a bit of green, using objects in my studio as a guide to the shapes you see.
so is philip wacko, or what? hopping from one style of painting to another like a jack rabbit?
at work today at noon
the marks you see on the surface you see have some magic. i can’t wait to work on il torrente which, you may recall, is a sister to illusory city, both of which were inspired by 11th century chinese paintings.
BELOW: the evolution of illusory city:
left: the painting at 1 pm today, middle: at noon, and right: on december 25th.
12:22 PM: this morning while preparing to meditate, i made my second bedside drawing; this one in the bathroom magnifying mirror. the strip of the lower portion of a painting you see above the drawing below left is a 16x16” ano kato series painting hanging next to our bed.
