watercolor 170 11x14.5” on arches watercolor paper
3PM: i made a new watercolor: 170. it has a few interesting passages & i’m pooped, so i’ll leave it for now, take it to the house & see what we think. the bit on the middle right has an unexpected figurative element, and now that i’m glancing at it on the easel, from about 20 feet, i keep seeing a cartoon-like head. and at first look, the negative snaky white space in the center is key to the entire composition, as is the octopus-like pink form above it.
11:30 AM: i was tempted, as usual, to do more work on yesterday’s watercolor 169. I might, for example, have added some water inspired patterning into the upper & lower solid areas of blue. I think not, however. we were reviewing it this morning over at the house, and that was mikela’s suggestion as well. but i’m not going to make any modifications to this one, other than adding a date & signature. it’s going to remain as it was when it emerged. let’s see if this direction, with large uninterrupted areas of color, continues today.
more a bit later, once i start 170. in the mean time, take a look BELOW at these paintings from (left to right) 1969, 2017 and yesterday. what do you observe? use the comments tab below to let me know what you see, questions you might have, etc.
by the way, that 1969 gouache painting on the left was made on the very last day of operation of the magical outdoor market just across the street from the port of piraeus, greece. the next day it was gone, to be replaced by….you guessed it: a monstrosity!
the east studio wall this afternoon, with the 4 most recent watercolors