1/8/2022 polyptych, canvas 7. day 1
2:39 PM: today I began 1/8/2022 polyptych, canvas 7. right now as I look at it, I can’t tell whether it’s more complex & interesting than it’s siblings, or just too much. looking at it from afar right now is a bit like looking at a colorful map, and indeed there is a piece of map collaged on the right. unlike the others in this suite of 12 paintings (5 more to go) it has no central human presence. it did start out that way, with the figure of a skateboarder on the left, but now it reads more like an abstraction, give it till tomorrow morning, and we’ll see if and how it evolves.
7:30 PM: we both looked at it on our way to our trail walk, and found it to be excellent and resolved. it’s a bit different from the other 6, while clearly in the same stream of energy. so tomorrow i’ll start a new one.