2021 creek oil 9 16x64” (4 canvases) stage 1
2:55 PM: i spent time finding wood strips & screwing them to the back of the 4 canvasses, while checking the progress of the latest photoshop update. it got stuck at 54%, and when i googled that issue, it was something others had a problem with. so i simply stopped loading it & started fresh, which is what others suggested. it worked, & now i have the latest greatest photoshop & bridge apps.
the figure on the left, which is so far the only one to have been painted in oil, is from one of the original series of photos i shot for the first ano kato paintings. (click painting series in the drop down menu above, then go to ano kato) he’s one of the figures on the sidewalk of skoufa street in athens, where there was a parade i photographed and painted. and that was the first in the ano kato series.
i made the drawing using photos shot from above, and included a shot i took recently of the cacti in our bedroom. after attaching them from behind with the sood strips, i discovered that, when i turned them over to put the screws in, i put the one that should go on the right on the left, and visa versa; a “mistake” which, naturally, i’ll make good use of. i’m excited to continue tomorrow, when i should be able to get to work as soon as i have finished my breakfast.
the first ano kato painting, 2010, private collection, athens
1:09 PM: i had wanted to print out some images to use in the new 2021 creek oil 9, ˆ16x64, consisting of 4 16” square canvases side by side. but photoshop wouldn’t behave, and i realized i needed to update to the latest version, which takes hours. so i started the drawing, using other images instead. the update is stuck at 54% and if it doesnt progress soon, i may have to start all over.