the miracle, 32x36” oil on portrait linen, as she looked at the end of my painting day
2:17 PM: one more scrape & whiteover, resulting in a suggestive surface awaiting definition & direction. this is my favorite of all the dancers i’ve painted and have photos of. he interacts gracefully with all that peeks through around him. and the female dancer to his right , with her checkered dress, lends balance., as do the red marks left & right.
what was once the back of a wicker chair now reads as what might be a blackboard with an algebra formula. what were green leaves yesterday now read as a vertical whale. and what was a ceiling light has transformed into a tamborine.