7/10/2021 creek oil at the end of my work/play day
1:55 PM: I took 7/10/2021 creek oil to the next stage and have stopped for the day. I won’t be in my studio tomorrow, so i’ll resume on tuesday morning.
integration of the figure with the creek-scape has become clearer now and will become even clearer in the next stage, on tuesday morning.
despite the 90° temperatures that day, the little girl wears her pink wool cap, which right now is the focal point of the composition, along with the blue fluffy toy she’s holding.
instead of trying to find stretcher bars in my studio that fit these various pieces of linen canvas I have leftover from larger paintings, i’m just taping them to masonite & working that way.
12:09 PM: I made the first marks on the new 7/10/2021 creek oil and will continue working/playing as long as my energy is good.
my direction involves integrating figures seen from above, which you can see in my Ano Kato series, https://www.philiptarlow.com/best-left-unsaid with views of the creek. you can see the figure of a little girl viewed from my studio loft in the lower left, and the sketched out branches & sky of the creek views above.
7/10/2021 creek oil at 12:09 pm today
11:31 AM: after an enlivening conversation with my old friend David Hockney, who is now living in normandy, I continued work on there drawing for the new 7/10/2021 creek oil. right now, i’m about to add some areas of oil color, so stay tuned and i’ll post once this new stage of development has progressed.