3:45 pm I decided to take a short break from the smaller canvasses and start a new larger one, which is 28x60.” i’m starting with a drawing based upon some of my creek photos, and we’ll see where it wants to go tomorrow.
12:57 PM: upon entering my studio and casting my all-important first glance, I determined that those purple shadows at the bottom, which were added at the last minute yesterday, were distracting from the whole composition, and unnecessary. so this morning I took them out, at first by painting over them with white, and then by rubbing them out using a gamsol-soaked rag.
if you compare the BEFORE and AFTER, ABOVE, you’ll likely see what i’m talking about.
in 1978, which was my final year of the 15 consecutive years I lived and painted in greece, my friend ralli kopsidis wrote a short article about me and the series of 5 portraits I had just completed, of contemporary greek painters & friends of mine. it was published in zygos, an art magazine. I re-discovered it while browsing through my bookshelf, and thought you’d enjoy seeing it. when I have a moment, i’ll translate it and post. might be a few days…
