the new couch 38x40” as it looked at the end of my painting day today
3:04 PM: i’m considering yesterday to be day 1 of the new couch, even though there are two previous compositions beneath, which are greatly contributing to this one especially that pinkish tone in the upper right. at this moment, it totally works as a resolved composition, so if i do more tomorrow, either i’ll screw it up or it will get even better; the latter, i’d like to think!
i’m walking that fine edge between abstraction and representation. and, as i’ve said many times, i think i’m cut out to walk this line. the suggested spaces beyond the red door can become whatever you like, wherever your imagination transports you. in my ano kato series, such as the one below, the architectural setting of the acropolis museum in athens is clearly defined, as are the relationships of the figures to that space.
whereas in the new couch, at least at this point in it’s evolution, the space in the foreground is pretty clearly laid out, while in the upper half of the composition, ghost images peak the imagination. the female figure in the lower right opens the red door for a guy delivereing the new couch…or is he looking out in awe on ill defined objects flying in space?
i guess we’ll find out more tomorrow.
ano kato 48 56x68” oil on portrait linen