2:34 PM: so i went back into sparse reflections and made additional changes following my 11:42 am post. i was able to bring it closer to the state it was in before yesterdays intervention. i’m not yet sure, but i may have actually improved it. i like the rock formation on the bottom better, especially due to the treatment of the water beneath both rocks, and i think how i handled the waterfall in the center is more compelling and more magical. it now has an otherworldliness i like a lot. lets see how i feel about it tomorrow morning.
11:42 AM: i realized yesterday after leaving the studio that it was a mistake to mess with sparse reflections. influenced by my recents experiments whiting over illusory city and il torrente, i was bothered by what seemed to me to be the business of sparse reflections. actually, it was perfection! so now today i’m trying to execute the virtually impossible task of getting this painting back to where it was. my highest thought is that i can actually make it better, but it ain’t there yet! the beiges need more yellow, need to be a bit brighter.
BELOW: the version i messed with on the left and on the right, where it’s at right now, following a few hours of work this morning.
