12:23 PM: my all important first impression this morning was that 7/18/2021 creek oil was completed. so I hung it on my east wall and re-shot it in a better light than yesterday, as well as getting a few important details.
as often happens, the most important changes I made yesterday happened at the very end of the day: the blue and yellow vertical bands of color, broken by the figure viewed from above and a few of the collaged, cut up ink drawings. one of these is the drawing of a container of brass tacks used to temporarily stretch the linen canvas over the also temporary masonite backing, which facilitates collaging. they can be seen just to the left on the head of the figure & above his left shoulder.
the origin of this walking figure was a group of passers by during a military parade on skoufa street, near Kolonaki square in athens, in 2009. I witnessed the parade from the 2nd floor balcony above skoufa gallery, which represented my greek work during that period. my Ano Kato series of paintings emerged from many of the photos I shot that fateful afternoon. copy & paste the link below to visit that page of the site.
https://www.philiptarlow.com/best-left-unsaid
a few minutes ago, I ordered stretcher bars committing me to a series of at least 3 new paintings in this series, all of which will be, like this one, 60x26.”
7/18/2021 creek oil 60x26” re-shot this morning
5:04 PM: as predicted, today’s clear morning skies gave way to dark clouds and wind gusts, with thunderstorms likely towards sunset. as you know if you follow my posts, i love the skies here in crestone/baca, at all times of year.
looking west from our driveway at 3pm
