9/10/2021 painting/collage at 3:45 pm
3:52 PM: 2 dancing figures from the tokyo olympics final celebration have entered the composition on the left. and some pink marks now join the new black area on the upper right, breaking it up.
we finally got a break in the heat, unusual for this time of year. clouds have moved in, the wind has picked up, the temperature has dropped into the mid 70’s and there is rain falling in various locations around the valley.
9/10/2021 painting/collage as it looked at 2:43pm
2:43 PM: more modification, most noticeably the black area in the upper right, as work/play continues….
9/10/2021 painting/collage as it looked moments ago
1:48 PM: once back in my studio, I cut my left hand pretty deeply in 2 places, while attempting to slice a bagel. I just ordered a bagel slicer, so that’s not going to happen again.
continuing work/play on 9/10/2021 painting/collage, it now has a pinkish tone and some of the harsher passages have softened. a third figure may be imminent; so stay tuned!
the family celebrating their son’s birthday last night
the eastern sky at suset as we drove home from pueblo
8:08 AM: yesterday we mede the 2:45 min. drive to pueblo so that mikela could attend meetings related to our educational platform. i accompanied her, both because it’s a long drive round trip and to keep her company. but breaks like this in my studio routine are always productive in unexpected ways. so i had plenty of time to dream about next steps in my paintings and ways of creting new sales.
the temperature in pueblo, by the way, reached 98 F by mid afternoon, which made me so grateful for our relatively cool summers in crestone, at 8,000 ft.
of course i made some drawings along the way, 4 of which i’m posting here, and i’ll continue this post once i get to the studio. the one on the upper right was made last night at a pizza restaurant in alamosa, whre we stopped for dinner before heading home; a 50 mile drive from alamosa. the kid whose profile you see in the middle of the drawing, was born deformed, so he can’t use his hands, which are all curled up. his parents & grandparents were taking him to diner for his birthday.
but all the outdoor tables that were big enough for them all were full. so we stood up and figured we’d move to a smaller table which was just becoming available and let them have our table. they were so grateful, they paid for our dinner, which in fact was a pretty lousy pizza. the joint was full and the kitchen was overwhelmed, so ours finally emerged undercooked with some of the veggies still cold from the fridge. but we were starving so we gobbled it down. it’s not a great location, right on the main drag, with traffic noise very high. but i loved watching the family lovingly interact as i made my drawing. i didn’t show it to them because i think i made the woman on the left less attractive than she was in real life.
the bottom two drawings were made at a breakafast place in pueblo, where i met a cool guy who makes murals. i gave him my card to check out my site, and he’ll send me his info so that we can continue our conversation.
all the while i was ruminating and dreaming about my future paintings, so i’m, anxious to get showered and to the studio, where i’ll have breakfast & get to work. i got some of my favorite smoked salmon at the natutral grocers in pueblo, which i’ll put on a local bagel and have for breakfast, along with my matcha tea.
