10/2/2021 painting/collage as it looked following todays modifications
2:09 PM: this morning was a pivotal moment for this painting, which may have found it’s sea legs about an hour ago. I surrounded the upper portion of the central figure in blue, vastly simplifying the composition and emphasizing the very interesting head of that figure. and on the right, a juggler has appeared. he was there, but only in outline form. as a result, everything snapped into place, and there’s not much more to do, although I may give the juggler a bit more definition tomorrow. a painting doesn’t sing until it does. and then, a beautiful melody can be heard, if you listen carefully. you have to go where it takes you, not where you think it should.
BELOW: before (left) and after today’s modifications
