2:31 PM: feeling quite a bit better today. intestinal tsurus is gone, although i am still being very careful what i eat. i’m excited that i received an email from my birchwoods buddies, some of whom i haven’t seen or spoken to since i was a young teenager. looks like we may set up a zoom. for more about birchwoods, which forever changed my life scroll down a bit on my stories page here: https://www.philiptarlow.com/chatty-bio
watercolor 60 13x20”
so i made 2 new watercolors today. the first, watercolor 60, seems to me like a one act play in. it has 3 characters, all of whom give the others space, but one of whom is undeniably central to the plot. the red & blue marks in the water were originally in the photo i shot in 2018, and were reflections of tibetan flags flying above the creek at the base of the tashi gomang stupa trail. i slightly tinted the white paper and, with those reflections, it says water.
watercolor 61 13x20”
then i started work on watercolor 61. it differs from the rest of the series compositionally, with it’s 3 provocative upward thrusting branches dominating the composition, and wriggly light green marks which indicate turbulent water but stop seriously short of spelling it out. somehow, i find it tremendously satisfying to gaze at. once again the number 3 comes up; this time as 3 sentinels guarding the landscape.