the dinner party, 38x40” as it looked moments ago, at the end of my painting day
2:18 PM: interesting, painting during a series of thunderstorms. if the predictions are correct, they should continue, starting back up about 5 pm and going through the night into tomorrow morning, which may squish or trail walk plans. but now it’s about time for mikela and i to start doing some of the exercises we were shown yesterday by our physical therapists in denver. mikela for hwe knee & me for my shoulder. then comes another delicious dinner of fresh caught salmon, which we brought home from costco. mikela is doing a different style of making the salmon each night.
so i took my modifications to the dinner party to the next level this afternoon, although there’s still more to do. before i started working this morning, i was foinding it too predictably detailed and descriptive. now the reverse is true; it’s too dispersed, with no points of focus. no worries, all that should change tomorrow morning. i can’t really predict how right now, but it’s likely that a dominant figure will appear, allowing all that’s beneath it to play the role of supporting cast. i’m loving layering more & more!
12:18 PM: i’ve been gazing at the dinner party since it was, i thought, resolved on july 15th. it seemed far to descriptive, with no breathing room or places for the eye to rest and relax. it sorely needed to be broken up somehow.
it seems i had to clean my fridge yesterday for me to get into the right space for that to happen! so this morning i dove in, and am continuing to play with it for as long as i’m in the right mood. BELOW: the before on the left and on the right, how it looked moments ago.
at work on revisions to the dinner party earlier this afternoon
