10/2/2021 painting/collage following my latest modifications to the juggler figure on the right
DETAIL of the juggler
3:09 PM: I did a bit more o the juggler figure on the right, bringing that reddish pink back down adjacent to his chest and giving his hands and arms more definition.
10/2/2021 painting/collage at noon today, following modifications to the figure of the juggler, on the right
12:52 PM: as I posted I might do today, I made improvements to the right portion of the composition in 10/2/2021 painting/collage. the juggler was not working, so I did some collaging of a cut up ink drawing on white paper, which I went over in some areas with oil pastel.
BELOW are the before (left) and after images. notice how, in the before image, the dark upside down vermeer cutout on the upper right dominates, and grabs your eye, taking away from the flow of the overall composition. the head and face of that figure on the right are now more defined, giving him more of a presence. the highest of the 3 balls he’s juggling is no longer visible; I found it too was taking away from the overall rhythm and flow of the composition. while I liked the green of his trousers, I found it a bit much, so it’s now interrupted by a piece of white collaged paper. and there’s more contrast between the blue behind his back and his red shirt. his blue stripped shirt pops less now, allowing it to merge more seamlessly with the rest of the forms and colors. all of these modifications have, I feel, made this a far more compelling painting.
DETAIL of the figure I modified today
10:30 AM: the studio storage room slab was poured yesterday, and the guys worked till 8:30 last night, using a flood light, to smooth it out. so today & tomorrow it will be drying out and next week constuction will begin. by next weekend, i’ll have a completed storage room, with 2 windowns looking south and a door connecting it to the main studio. as soon as it’s ready, i’ll begin transferring some of the more space hogging stacks of paintings (images BELOW), and my studio will breathe again!
9:18 AM: it’s a beautiful, clear morning. the tempreature has already risen to 50° F and i’m about to meditate in our living room, then head to the studio for more modificatiopns to 10/2/2021 painting/collage.
here, the morning light casts shadows on recent creek paintings in our entryway.